On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 15:59 -0500, Mark Haney wrote: > Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > > >>>>There was a post on here a few days ago (and I've searched the archives > >>>>for it and can't find it about the steps needed to convert a tarball to > >>>>an RPM (or SRPM). Can someone point me to the archive or get me moving > >>>>in the right direction? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>The detailed way: > >>>http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/developers-guide/ch-rpm-building.html > >>>http://www.rpm.org/RPM-HOWTO/build.html > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >>I know the detailed way, but the notes I saw were a little more distilled. > >> > >> > > > >I dont know about those. > >But If you're talking about a tool blindly doing the work for you, I > >dont think it would be a good idea to use them... > > > > > NOt so much doing the work for me as starting me off a little further > down the ladder. Perhaps you're thinking of "checkinstall"? Paul.
