Hi.

I just read some bits and pieces from an open-book called "Maximum RPM".  It 
mentions that to build an RPM from .tar.gz source, you need to have a section 
called "%files" in the .spec file and that this must list _all_ the files 
that will be installed on the user's system.  The book is a little dated, so 
is this still true?

I mean, if I'm compiling something big like KDE (not from SRPMS), it's kind 
of impractical to know what all the %files will be.  So does anyone have any 
ideas on how to approach this problem?  Otherwise building RPMs (using 
customised source) will be a nightmare :(

Secondly, I noticed in a number of posts that people have mentioned that i686 
(Pentium II) packages will run on a Pentium (i586).  If gcc does 
processor-specific optimisations (e.g. use of new instructions), then how 
could i686 packages possible run on i586?

Thanks in advance
pesarif


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