Urgent help req

2002-08-02 Thread Ashwin Khandare
Dear Sir, Does anyone knows about any script/tool that can convert tar.gz files into rpms? Thanks in advance Thanks Warm Regards===Ashwin KhandareEngineerWestern Outdoor Interactive ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system

Re: Urgent help req

2002-08-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:30:56 +0530 Ashwin Khandare [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled intuitively: Dear Sir, Does anyone knows about any script/tool that can convert tar.gz files into rpms? Untar cd to the new directory ./configure make su password checkinstall I

Re: Urgent help req

2002-08-02 Thread Kent Borg
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 01:30:56PM +0530, Ashwin Khandare wrote: Does anyone knows about any script/tool that can convert tar.gz files into rpms? There are certainly tools to help one create rpm files (such as rpm itself), but there isn't going to be a simple universal converter because rpm

Re: Urgent help req

2002-08-02 Thread Aly Dharshi
Hi, I guess it would be easier to think of a tar.gz file as a compressed zip file in windows while an rpm as a more complex installing .exe file on windows but the rpm is for Linux. Cheers, Aly. Kent Borg wrote: On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 01:30:56PM +0530,

Re: Urgent help req

2002-08-02 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 03:00, Ashwin Khandare wrote: Dear Sir, Does anyone knows about any script/tool that can convert tar.gz files into rpms? Depends. if the tarball has a spec file in it rpm will do it: from the rpm man page: The argument used is -b if a spec file is being used to build