Thanks Paul... U saved me lots of hassle .. I did know why it does not work...:) Yes rpmbuild is working fine Cheers Ali ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Nasrat" <pauln@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "RPM Package Manager" <rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:06 PM Subject: Re: Using rpm as installer > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 01:04:55PM -0000, AliN wrote: > > Thanks James.. > > > > Yes We need to use rpm for version checking and upgrading the software on > > the client machine. > > We want to make sure that every time the software is upgraded those > > configuration file with important data are not overwritten... > > Just to send .rpm file with zipped executable and config files to the > > client, so the client can install it safely without worrying about clients > > mistake... > > Anyway this my may manager's idea ...:) > > > > One important question I have is about building the .rpm file.. > > RPM documents tell me that the command for building is > > > > e.g. rpm -ba myfile.spec > > rpmbuild -ba > > rpmbuild is now a seperate binary. > > I should get the latest max-rpm snapshot on rpm.org really. > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
