-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Steve Juranich wrote: > Are there any updated documents that talk about bootstrapping RPM from > source onto various platforms? I need to be able to support at least > Linux, Solaris 8 and up, plus Mac OS X. I realize that there are already > binary packages available for each of these platforms, but I won't always > have the root access that would be necessary to install them into the main > system area. > > I've looked at the RPM guide (specifically Chs 18 & 19), but they all make > references to fairly old versions of the code base (I think 4.1 was the > latest one referenced). The dependency list seems to have grown quite a > bit since then. > > I've done a little experimentation in a sandbox and I've come up with what I > think is an acceptable way of doing things, but I'd like to know if there > is a "right" way. > > Any help, advice, guidance is greatly appreciated. I would look at the 'openpkg' approach, which is designed to support multiple "non-root-area" installs on a single box. The RPM used by OpenPKG is pretty recent, and bootstraps are available on a large number of platforms (I think all the ones you mention). http://www.openpkg.org/ Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 202-558-7113 tseaver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEckKq+gerLs4ltQ4RAgARAJoCnNX9OXk+Z6Oo0aYcz+A97sX1lgCgqQlI 8yRdhDeUp3zsEP2VAXSVDPY= =kF1C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
