On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 15:07 -0300, Pablo Bernasconi wrote: > So I have to do an rpm with the tar.gz inside, but the only thing that > the rpm has to do is to uncompress the tar.gz to a local directory, > and then in the post script I do: > ./configure > make > make install > etc > ???? > This is the "nice" way?? No, that was the #2 I was talking about, and it's not recommended. Instead, do #1 -- build a real RPM. Alternatively, #3, just have the %post download from a URL via curl, but this is not RPM. A SPEC file has source, configure and build sections and it what is used to create RPMs -- both a source RPM and usable, binary RPMs. Dude, here's the deal -- what is the program? It may already have a SPEC file out at RPMForge. -- Bryan J Smith Senior Consultant Red Hat GPS SE US mailto:bjs@xxxxxxxxxx +1 (407) 489-7013 (Mobile) mailto:b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx (non-RH/ext to Blackberry) -------------------------------------------------------- You already know Red Hat as the entity dedicated to 100% no-IP-strings-attached, community software development. But do you know where CIOs rate Red Hat versus other software and services firms for their own, direct needs? It's no comparison: http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/ _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
