Linux RPM out of date

[Jesse Phillips]

Kai Meyer Wrote:

> On 04/12/2011 05:22 PM, Kai Meyer wrote:
> > On 04/08/2011 10:47 AM, Kai Meyer wrote:
> >> I've been waiting patiently for the Linux RPM to be updated (it's
> >> currently 2.051). Do I need to continue to wait, or should I volunteer
> >> some time to help maintain the RPM packaging? I would be happy to help
> >> develop and maintain a DEB package as well.
> >>
> >> -Kai Meyer
> >
> > This source RPM uses the .zip source distributions from git.
> >
> > http://kai.gnukai.com/rpms/dmd-2.052-0.i386.rpm
> > http://kai.gnukai.com/rpms/dmd-2.052-0.src.rpm
> >
> > I've tested on my Fedora 14 box, and everything appears to be working
> > fine. With out the source rpm that built the one on that's available on
> > the website, I've tried to extrapolate what I could about where things
> > should go, and what should be included. I tried to error on the side of
> > including too much.
> >
> > I have not tried to build on CentOS, and I have stripped out all the RPM
> > dependencies to make installation a little simpler. I hope you can
> > resolve the dependancies yourself.
> >
> > I started with the spec file that's in the "installer" repo, but kept
> > very little of it. One portion was the alien stuff in the post commands.
> > I don't think that's the place it belongs, but it's just sitting there
> > commented out for interested individuals.
> >
> > I'm interested in making this better, so feedback please :)
> 
> 
> P.S.
> 
> When building on a x64 machine, please add --target i386 to the rpmbuild 
> command, ie:
> rpmbuild --target i386 -ba dmd.spec
> 
> I'll fix that later.

Well you aren't supposed to distribute the RPMs yourself, license doesn't allow for that.