rpmbuild -ta question
Hi All, How do you do a rpmbuild -ta tar_ball when the source is not a tar ball and the directory structure exists on the web? (The directory is everything that would be in the tar ball.) Many thanks, -T -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
Re: rpmbuild -ta question
If you mean a github repository with a package that has a workable .spec file, you can download a .zip file from github.com, and rpmbuild deals with those just fine. If the source is a few files, you can replace the '%setup scripting with some simplified ocmmands in a .spec file to copy in and deploy the relevant components. Or, you can make a git checkout or Subversion checkout of a particular tag, or referenced revision level, check that out, put it in a tarball, and build from *THAT*. On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 7:39 PM, ToddAndMargo toddandma...@zoho.com wrote: Hi All, How do you do a rpmbuild -ta tar_ball when the source is not a tar ball and the directory structure exists on the web? (The directory is everything that would be in the tar ball.) Many thanks, -T -- ~~** Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~**
Re: rpmbuild -ta question
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 7:39 PM, ToddAndMargo toddandma...@zoho.com mailto:toddandma...@zoho.com wrote: Hi All, How do you do a rpmbuild -ta tar_ball when the source is not a tar ball and the directory structure exists on the web? (The directory is everything that would be in the tar ball.) On 09/23/2013 07:51 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: If you mean a github repository with a package that has a workable .spec file, you can download a .zip file from github.com http://github.com, and rpmbuild deals with those just fine. If the source is a few files, you can replace the '%setup scripting with some simplified ocmmands in a .spec file to copy in and deploy the relevant components. Or, you can make a git checkout or Subversion checkout of a particular tag, or referenced revision level, check that out, put it in a tarball, and build from *THAT*. Hi Nico, This is the actual directory. http://svn.code.sf.net/p/rdesktop/code/rdesktop/trunk/ If I were to wget it and tar it, I could run the rpmbuild -ta tar_ball command on it. But, for the fun/challenge of it, I wanted to do it directly from the web. Now I know that you can insert web addresses into rpmbuild rpmbuild -ta http://some_tar_bal_on_the_web But, I wanted to do it directly to a directory tree. -T -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
Re: UEFI SL 6x boot
On Mon, 23 Sep 2013, Yasha Karant wrote: A colleague who uses SuSE non-enterprise for his professional (enterprise) workstations has now attempted to load the latest SuSE on a machine with a new generic (aftermarket) gamer UEFI X86-64 motherboard. It does not properly boot. I do not have any UEFI motherboards, and thus no experience with SL6x on such motherboards. Is secure boot enabled in the UEFI ? Does anyone? Does SL6x boot correctly (and easily) on a UEFI motherboard? If so, he may switch to SL. Yes as long as secure boot is disabled . Yasha Karant -connie sieh
