One problem that we frequently run into while building and supporting puppet infrastructures, is some cowboy developer who insists that he needs Python 3.1, PHP6, SWiG 1.3.40, etc, and these packages are not available in our Distro's stable package repository.
Have you ever tried to build a slotted Python RPM in RHEL? Pardon my lack of RHCE, but it can be rather time consuming! I recently came across a project called "checkinstall" http://www.asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ Checkinstall acts as a wrapper for `make install`. When you compiled your copy of php7(or whatever crazy version your developers require..) : ./configure ; ./make ; ./make check ; checkinstall make install Check install will ask you if you would like to build RPM, Deb, or a Slackware package (for the 5 remaining Slackware users out there.) You can also specify some basic dependencies and provides meta-data in your package. I've only used checkinstall for a few small packages, however the tool could be very useful to some of the lazy puppet admins out there who need to support crazy versions of various packages via puppet. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
