Re: spec file for multiple distributions.

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Le Sat, 05 May 2007 13:01:45 +0200
Tony Earnshaw <tonni@xxxxxxxxx> écrivait:

> Martin Hamant skrev, on 03-05-2007 12:03:
> 
> > I have to write a specfile which need to build on many redhat/centos
> > distributions with differents versions. The software that I have to
> > build needs special action on sources regarding the distribution.
> > What is the best way to do this these days ? Is there a builtin
> > function in RPM to autodetect the distro name and version ? (el3,
> > el4, el5?) ?
> > 
> > About rpmforge packages, i don't really understand how does it
> > works: they use %{dist} but it's defined in a macro? and about
> > naming packages : can i dynamically name a package regarding to the
> > distribution it's been built ?
> 
> Sam Varshavchik has written an almost-Ok "release" routine that will 
> distinguish between Mandriva (with a little modification), SuSE, Red
> Hat and Fedora (with a little modification) releases in his Courier
> authlib, IMAP and maildrop specs. It should be able to get Centos
> too, if the spec writer adapts it a bit. Grab a tarball at 
> http://www.courier-mta.org/download.php#imap and extract and adapt
> the spec to your own needs - it's GPL stuff.
> 

Thank you for this answer and the link !

Cheers,

-- 
Martin

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