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Old 01-13-2011, 07:53 PM   #1
Stevithen
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Question about building RPMs


Say i already have compiled the source and i want to make an rpm. What do i do with it? Can i utilize the make file?
 
Old 01-14-2011, 01:52 PM   #2
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http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/index.html provides good information on creating RPMs. The short answer is, yes, you can use the make file. You'll need to create a spec file for your RPM, that tells rpmbuild which make targets to execute to build, test, install, clean, etc.
 
  


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