> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Smith > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:00 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Building a rpm with ant > > 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 > Sorry, not that I know of. -Mike
