Re: [Libphidget-devel] RPM build: sketch done

[Jack S. <js...@ja...>]

On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 18:04, Vadim Tkachenko wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Do 'cvs update', become root and do 'make rpm' - it'll create the binary and
> source RPMs at the proper locations.
> 
> Restrictions:
> 
> - This has been tested on RedHat 7.0, no idea how will it work on other
>   distributions;

I'll test it n my box.  I got a redhat 7.3 at work and a mandrake 9beta3

> 
> - Documentation included with the RPM package is by no means adequate. I was
>   thinking about adding the files generated by Doxygen to the package (as
>   well as to 'make dist'), but I don't want to shuffle them around myself.
>   Proposal is to create ${srcdir}/docs and generate into that directory, and
>   later deploy as part of 'make install'. Another consideration - well, may
>   be it *is* a good idea to make the website a part of the distribution?
>   Then, you'd have consistent site navigation all around...

hmmm . . .


> 
> - Can't make rpm install the package without --nodeps - complains about
>   missing libusb (right, I don't have the *package* installed) and libsafe
>   (beats me).
> 

yeah, no libusb rpm available yet.


as for libsafe:

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/powertools/6.2/i386/i386/libsafe-1.1-1.i386.html

that is weird, wonder why it wants that?