[phobos] Any expert in rpm?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

That looks awesome. The script is solid, I'd only add this:

function trapZERR() {
     echo "Error $? detected, killing process $$" >&2
     kill $$
}

at the beginning. That way the script would die if any command returns a 
nonzero code.

I'll test the script as soon as I'll have an opportunity.

Thanks Ellery!

Andrei

Ellery Newcomer wrote:
> 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..
> 
> 
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