On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:26:34 -0500 Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You need to create a spec file for that as well. There's a howto on the > Mandrake site. Sorry I can't remember where. > > Bill > > On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:29 pm, J. Grant wrote: > > I don't know if there is a better way to do this? > > > > i got this from the dante readme > > > > rpm files can be generated directly from the tar.gz files. > > Use the command 'rpm -ta dante-<version>.tar.gz' to build all rpm files. > > > > Harold Hartley wrote: > > > I can't quite remember the command, but I would like to take the > > > source of a file and make it to a rpm.. > > > Does anyone know what command I'm looking for.. > > > I run Mandrake 8.1 If the src.tar.gz contains all the necessary spec info (some do and I have run into some which do not). To build an rpm all you need do is: rpm -tb xxx.src.tar.gz This will create an rpm in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS for xxx in the default folder for builds on your machine, normally i586. Charles
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