On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Suresh Govindachar <sgovindachar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > ÂOn Fedora-14: > > Â1) if I install things by "configure; make ; make test; make > Â Â install", will yum automatically know how the system has > Â Â changed? ÂIf not, how does up update yum's database to > Â Â reflect the changes? > > Â2) Similar question for perl modules (perl Makefile.PL; make; > Â Â make test; make install). > > Â3) Similar question for "make uninstall" We were recently discussing similar matters on a clone's mailing list and we mentioned using exclude to prevent some yum/rpm issues when compiling from source in order to run current edition bind. John Stanley aka john.stanley at elslc.com mentioned a preferable technique known as "Ghost Package." in private email: <quote> BTW If you were to find and build entirely of ./configure make make install you can create a "Ghost Package" of it with empty contents with only the RPM Header Info needed to keep the database happy. As long as the libs are in the correct path. </quote> So, if John's not on this list, you might email him for more details. regards/vaden@xxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
