On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 11:50 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > David Hláèik wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > i am new at this. > > > > I want to make a rpm from a program source. It does not contain rpm > > spec file by default so i need to create one. > > > > Is there any way to make creation of spec files easier? some tools etc > > ... ? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > David > > Both vim and emacs will create a basic spec for you by simply editing a > non existant spec file. > > $ vim new.spec > > will create a basic spec file if new.spec does not exist in the current > directory. > > However, creating good spec files is a bit of a black art, I am afraid > to say. > > You will need to install: > > rpmdevtools > > and run: > > /usr/bin/rpmdev-setuptree > > That creates your rpmbuild directory tree. > > From there, you will find the field is broad, and the sky is the limit. :) And you can use 'rpmdev-newspec' to create a skeleton specfile, making things even easier. Run 'rpmdev-newspec --help' to see some available options and other guidance. -- Paul W. Frields gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://paul.frields.org/ - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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