On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:44, Alan Bartlett <ajb.stxsl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Have you fully researched what currently is present in the WIki? > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/YumAndRPM#head-d2b0e7b7f3943ba0f8d08f9cfa46e821ba74aff4 Yes, but this is just a small introduction about how to do it, and in a way which is not consistent (the commands are not exactly the same) as: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source#head-a8dae925eec15786df9f6f8c918eff16bf67be0d Note that none of these articles are about building RPMs anyway, one is a kind of FAQ on Yum and RPM and the second one is on building your own kernel. > Have you replied to Russ Herrold's comment? Perhaps I missed it. No, but others did and I agree with their comments. Basically I think that pointers to the outside are not that good because they not necessarily contain CentOS specific information. The CentOS wiki is a great source of information you can rely on for administrating your CentOS boxes, so I think it would really benefit on an article about that. Also, when building SRPMs there may be several little details that might apply or not, so having a dedicated article with a good Troubleshooting section (which would certainly have things added with time and with new CentOS releases) would be a benefit. Anyway, building RPMs is something I learned the hard way because there is no one-stop easily-understandable comprehensive but howto-like document, and that is what I was trying to address. But it's your decision as to if the idea of creating this on CentOS wiki has merits or not. Thanks, Filipe
