Re: Generating RPMS

[Pablo Endres <pablo_endres digitel com ve>]

On 6 Mar 2003, Aapi Hämäläinen wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 16:05, Pablo Endres wrote:
> (snip)
> > 	I need to now this in order to modify the garnome script so
> > 	it can generate rpms.
> > 
> (snip)
> 
> Why bother? I mean, there are already rpm's of gnome2.2 (mandrake cooker
> at least, but I expect polished has a set too.)
	I'm really not a Mandrake friend, I'm more fond of RedHat,
	but RH8.0 doesn't meat my expectations so I want to 
	do the desktop upgrade myself

> 
> Then again a set of rpm's that wouldn't collide with an existing gnome
> (1.4 or whatever) install (installing in let's say /opt) might make it
> easier for people not familiar with gar/ports -type buildtrees to try
> out bleeding-edge gnome.

	I wan't to do a total upgrade: rpm -Fvh gnome and
	replace gnome 1.4 all together.

> 
> Adding an install script that would snoop the distro and add a startup
> script (t.ex deadrat /etc/X11/gdm/Session/garnome) could actually make
> the installation a breeze even for those who dread the shell.
	I've allready done that to make it available to
	all the users on my systems.

> 
> justathought,
> -aapi
> 
> 

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