Subject: Re: Looking for RedHat 6.x users help
From: Gabriel Gerhardsson (mr.g@home.se)
Date: Sat Sep 01 2001 - 05:40:59 CDT
Hi Erlend
Attached is a modified version of the script that adds those two
arguments to rpm ("--define '_noPayloadPrefix 1'" and "--nodirtokens").
This script works with my version of rpm (v4.0.2) to, but I have no way
of testing if it actually makes v3 rpms. I don't feel comfortable about
this until someone have actually tested the rpms on an rpm3
installation.
On the other hand v4.0.3 seams to build rpms for v3 as default. So if
anyone wants to upgrade to that development-version, it would be nice,
but I still wouldn't feel comfortable. Take for example what is said in
one of the links you gave
(www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/rpm-list/msg03715.html):
"Meanwhile, please, please, please, let's not start doing designer
packaging with a lot of half-baked obscure mechanisms, or there's gonna
be a mess that I can't solve."
So anyway, I would not feel good about this until someone actually tests
it. *But* if it actually works, that's *great*.
Take care
/Gabriel
On Sat, 2001-09-01 at 06:27, Erlend Nagel wrote:
> Gabriel,
>
> found it. rpmbuild --help:
>
> --nodirtokens=ARG generate package header(s) compatible with
> (legacy) rpm[23] packaging
>
> It looks like it is not going to be an issue with 4.03 anymore
> judging from the changelog: (
> http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/rpm-list/msg03697.html )
>
> Version 4.03 will again create the v3 header (which means RPM 3.x
> won't complain about the version).
>
> There is another option that must be set to avoid the RPM requiring
> the files itself requiring v4.x (
> http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/rpm-list/msg03715.html )
>
> Do you still want me to build the v3 RPMs or do you want to update
> the scripts to do so (I think it would make sense to create v3 RPMs
> anyway as they will work everywhere, especially for dictionaries).
>
> Erlend.
>
> --- Gabriel Gerhardsson <mr.g@home.se> wrote:
> > Bummer
> >
> > Ok, does anyone know if there's actually a way of building rpm3
> > packages
> > with rpm4? If not, is there someone else, that does have rpm3
> > installed,
> > that can make the builds?
>
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