On 10/27/05, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have got a program which is written in Java, and I would > > like to build a rpm for that. Unfortunately, the option > > "buildrpm" is not listed by "ant -projecthelp". Can one even > > so build a rpm without much trouble? > > Ant is typically a replacement for "make". Neither of which generate > rpms. What you'd want to do is build an rpm with a spec file, and in > that spec file call on ant. > > I've found this link to be quite helpful. > > http://www.fedora.us/wiki/PackagingHints > > though it doesn't deal specifically with Ant it is still a good > resource. I do use ant to build java packages with rpmbuild. Thanks, Mike. I would never be able of writing a spec file!... :-) Is not there a tool similar to checkinstall to simplify the building of a rpm for java packages. Paul
