On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 12:42:07PM +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote:
> >> I never wrote a spec file, don't know how. Maybe I will one day if I
> >> intent to provide rpms for other people, but for my own use checkinstall
> >> is just perfect.
>
> Sure. checkinstall is nice for just building RPMs to keep track of
> files, for your very own use.
<snip>
> That being said, it's definitely better to have software built from
> source in an RPM with checkinstall than just doing "make install" as
> root without tracking it.
> Just don't distribute those RPMs to others ;)
I have done that *and* told them it was build with checkinstall, so it
might not be working for whatever reason. Till now it always worked.
Cheer luck, I guess. :-)
> > I was 'forced' with making the makeSUSEdvd rpm. Took me a while to get it
> > right. Most likely it still is full of mistakes, but sofar no complaints.
>
> If you need help or advice or would like an experienced packager to
> have a look at it, just submit the spec to opensuse-packaging@opensuse.org
I might if I hear about a problem. What I am afraid of is that
opensuse-packaging sees an error and corrects it, making it useless for
e.g. Mandrake.
So for now I say: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. ;-)
houghi
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