On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 15:35 +0200, Mertens, Bram wrote: > Hi, > > For several applications/tools I'd like to create an RPM to make > maintenance easier. However some of these come without a Makefile > (usually just untar in the correct directory). For others I'd like to > add some additional (configuration) files and such. > > According to the maximum rpm book it is recommended to keep patches and > such separate from the original sources (pristine sources). But so far > I've been unable to find an explanation on how exactly to set this up. > I've download the httpd source rpm and noticed that it contains some > additional files in the SOURCES directory which have been added as > additional "SourceX" lines in the spec file. These are installed by > additional "install" commands in the spec file. > You may want to start with a package less complex than httpd to see how things work. > Is this the recommended approach? Is there a way to group these files > somehow? After installing the httpd source rpm the SOURCE dir was > filled with files with no way to determin which were related to the > httpd package wand which not. > You may also want to visit http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ch-creating-rpms.html for a simpler walkthrough. -- Karl Latiss <karl.latiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Atvert Systems -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
