Thanks for that, and that makes me more curious. Could you please point me to sources of information that I can read to understand how to do this? Sites, links, tutorials that can help me in *specifying* the compression method I want to use for packaging my RPM? Thanks, -Gaurav On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:06:17 -0800, Bob Kashani <bobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 14:43 +0530, Gaurav Jain wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to RPM, and had a query regarding the compression method used > > by RPM. I want to package a software using bzip2 as the compression > > method. Is it possible for me to bundle this in RPM, and so that when > > the user tries to install the RPM, it will be able to handle the bzip2 > > compressed packages? > > > > Also, what is the current (default) compression method used by RPM? > > I don't think there is a default. You have to make the choice of using > either gzip or bzip2 to package your tarball. I always use bzip2 for all > my RPMS. > > Bob > > -- > Bob Kashani > http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bobk/garnome > > _______________________________________________ > 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
