On Monday 02 June 2003 17:32, Bill Gradwohl wrote: > The "Maximum RPM" docs that come with RH9 are Copyright © 2000. That's ages > ago. The docs are good at explaining -i, -e and -q, but refer to -b for > building which is no longer applicable since "rpmbuild" took over those > chores. > > Does anyone know of a better source of current information regarding > "rpmbuild" that's comprehensive and more descriptive than the man page? A > book, web site, anything. I'd prefer examples and scenarios to just a dry > man page description of all the bells and whistles. > "Maximum RPM" isn't too bad of a reference, but, true, it is a little dated. RPM is one of those things you really should learn by reading other spec files. You have hundreds of them with your Red Hat system, so your best reference is going to be all of those source RPM spec files. Not only that, but there are thousands of RPMs out in the wild. I am sure one of them does pretty much what you want. And when you run into problems -- Jeff Johnson at rpm-list is extremely helpful and friendly, as well as several other helping hands. I don't think they look unfavorably on anyone who is taking the time to package their software the best they can. -- Jonathan Gardner <jgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (was jgardn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Live Free, Use Linux!
