On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> R P Herrold <herrold@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> IBM already releases one.
> I assumed so.
> Is there any way the IBMJava2 package can be distributed in
> CentOS Plus and/or Extras? BTW, I assume the compat-libs are
> already in CentOS itself?
There is both an IBM-variant JRE and the SDK, and a
communications add-in, etc ... As I am currently investigating
a differing behaviour between the Sun and IBM 1.4.2 variants,
I think it is probably wiser to suggest that the latest
stables be obtained directly from the upstream vendor from
time to time, and a site local archive maintained instead, to
install from. That way one knows what one is working with.
> Any way to make these part of the post-install script?
It is certainly possible, as is a 'Requires:' to pull in the
needed packages. They vary by name and availability between
CentOS 3 and 4, and a single .spec file would need to accound
for that.
A so-called dummy 'meta' RPM is the way to go. I will put
one together and publish it on my site, and mention the URL
here.
-- Russ Herrold
