I would not mind doing that if that is the right thing to do. Perhaps I had misunderstood the meaning of the markers like "el" or "sl" in the version. I had thought that it was supposed to indicate the version of linux that the rpm is compatible with. When I make RPMs for Fedora 8, I put the dist as f8. Or for SL 5, I put sl5.
I think that a marker "sl5" is useful information for users. So you are making me think the dist marker for me should be something like "sl5pj" so people know it is for SL 5 and from me . ?? pj On Dec 5, 2007 11:29 AM, Akemi Yagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 5, 2007 9:09 AM, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You may recall I installed SL5 last month and asked here about > > additional RPMS or updates. Basically, my vision is that I want my > > systems to stay on the slow, conservative track for the kernel and > > glibc and foundation libraries like tcl/tk, but I want up-to-date > > versions of programs like > > > > R > > firefox > > thunderbird > > unison > > tetex (or possibly TexLive) > > lyx > > texmaker > > Emacs > > Emacs-ess > > Swarm (agent-based simulation library) > > Nvidia proprietary driver (I prefer the way livna packages this, so > > I've followed their strategy) > > gambit (a game theory modeling tool) > > ggobi (a data exploration tool) > > > > I want these things to stay up to date because I dual boot a system > > with Fedora 8 and I don't want to see the huge drop off in > > functionality when I go from F8 to SL5. If you don't upgrade to > > R-2.6, you can't install many of the available packages in CRAN. > > That's a big problem here. > > > > I'm taking the SRPMs from Fedora 8 and making necessary changes to > > build against libraries in SL5. > > > > I've created a repository. You are free to use these if you want, > > just let me know if things don't work for you and I'll fix. > > It is so generous of you to offer all these packages for others to > use. There is one thing I am wondering about, and that is use of > %dist. It would be helpful if we can identify the source of a repo > like we do with the .rf or .at tag. Would this be an option with your > repo? > > Thanks for your consideration, > > Akemi > -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas
