On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:14:15 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Besides, I have always had the feeling that rpmbuild is too complicated, > perhaps needlessly.
Not really. You just approach the "problem" from the wrong side. If you wanted to compile and install the same software from source *without* using rpmbuild, you would also need to find out which commands to run to install the built files. Often there's some sort of README that gives a hint. But if there is none, you need to decide yourself whether to copy files to your system directories (or whether to execute built files from within current directory only). The complexity that's added by rpmbuild to the %install section of a spec file is only that you need to install into the %buildroot and not /. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
