[phobos] Any expert in rpm?

[Ellery Newcomer]

Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at ...> writes:

> 
> I think it would be great to reduce the barrier to entry as much as we 
> can. Currently we have a deb package but not rpm. A savvy user can use 
> alien to convert from one to another (with limitations), but I think 
> simply having a downloadable rpm is the best way to go.
> 
> Is anyone here an expert on building rpms?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrei
> 


Will you settle for a novice on building rpms?

Here is a bash script which will convert a dmd zip distribution to rpm:

http://personal.utulsa.edu/~ellery-newcomer/dmd2rpm

usage:

$ dmd2rpm dmd.2.047.zip

I've only tested the resulting rpms on fedora 13, 32 bit and 64 bit, but it
works nicely on each.

Note I wasn't sure what to put in the license slot, as well as a few others.

I also haven't looked at signing it, so installation would look something like

yum install dmd-2.047-1.i686.rpm --nogpgcheck

a yum repository would be nice for automatic upgrades..