On 6/11/06, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am trying to learn how to build a rpm from the tarball without > checkinstall, and I am wondering whether there is already a program to > produce a tentative spec file to be afterwards changed and corrected > by the packager. Maybe a program like the one that I describe here > would increase the productivity of packager. Is there such a program? Many times I just use the template at http://www.rpm.org/howto/thefight/ and go from there. It has worked for pretty much every RPM I've ever had to build. To find out what the list of files is, I usually do the standard dance of: ./configure --prefix=/usr make make install DESTDIR /var/tmp/foo then I do cd /var/tmp/foo find . -type f | sed "s/^\.//" >> /path/to/specfile Go back and move the files into the right section of the spec file you are creating and then go to town.
Thanks to all. I have just done the following: ./configure --prefix=/usr make su make install DESTDIR=/var/tmp/videotrans cd /var/tmp/videotrans but the directory /var/tmp/videotrans is empty! Strange, is not it? Paul
