Re: [opensuse] building RPMs - was: uninstall source
Oops, I got caught out AGAIN, and sent this to Thomas and not the list. Sorry, Thomas! On 4/29/07, Thomas Hertweck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should only use RPM packages - these packages can be installed and uninstalled without problems. Either get a ready-to-use RPM package from a repository, or build an RPM package on your system, or (at least) use checkinstall to build an RPM package (instead of using make install). Anything else will sooner or later screw up your system. You know, I've always been uncomfortable with building from source for precisely the reasons you say, but it never occurred to me to build my own RPMs. I somehow had an idea that it would be a complicated process that only people who *distribute* software (and not all of them!) would find worth doing, and that for your home system you just had to go with make install. I'm going to follow your advice. Johannes intimated above that checkinstall has a bad reputation, and you also don't seem to think too highly of it with your (at least). So what would be a good tool for this? I see that I have rpmbuild on my system so I'm tempted to use that, though the man page is not exactly a detailed instructions manual. Cheers. g -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] building RPMs - was: uninstall source
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 21:53 +0200, lists Guillot wrote: I'm going to follow your advice. Johannes intimated above that checkinstall has a bad reputation, Absolutely not! and you also don't seem to think too highly of it with your (at least). So what would be a good tool for this? I see that I have rpmbuild on my system so I'm tempted to use that, though the man page is not exactly a detailed instructions manual. You can use checkinstall with an absolutely clear conscience, there is nothing wrong with it. It is just that, if you intend to later distribute rpms outside, you'd better do them manually with full control of them. If you just want to install packages you compiled yourself, it is perfect. The only people talking bad about checkinstall are those people that invested the necessary time and effort to make rpms manually - ie, developers and packagers - and for the simple reason that checkinstall is automatic, instead of manual, fine grained, full control. Or would you stop using konqueror because the command line offers more control? Or stop using OpenOffice and write your documents in latex with vi? Fine tools, of course, but not for mere mortals :-P - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGNPygtTMYHG2NR9URAg5LAJ9Zq9J2izFD+ipq5Y/gB5qwMeaq0wCdGoqy OGVAR47k+wG6woSP53d7Ql4= =AR2m -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] building RPMs - was: uninstall source
On 4/29/07, Carlos E. R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can use checkinstall with an absolutely clear conscience, there is nothing wrong with it. It is just that, if you intend to later distribute rpms outside, you'd better do them manually with full control of them. If you just want to install packages you compiled yourself, it is perfect. The only people talking bad about checkinstall are those people that invested the necessary time and effort to make rpms manually - ie, developers and packagers - and for the simple reason that checkinstall is automatic, instead of manual, fine grained, full control. Or would you stop using konqueror because the command line offers more control? Or stop using OpenOffice and write your documents in latex with vi? Fine tools, of course, but not for mere mortals :-P Gotcha. Thanks. g -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
