Re: Building RPMs from tarballs

[bob kehs ksd org]

rpm -ta filename.tar.gz
it only works if there is a good spec file in the tar file
half of the gnome tarballs dont have working specs. So generating rpms for
everything is verry difficult.

On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Zach Frey wrote:

> OK, not strictly a GNOME question ...
> 
> How *does* one build an RPM from a tarball. I've seen the
> suggestion "just rpm -ta <tarball>.gz", but either (a) this
> is busted with gnome-core-0.99.5.1.tar.gz, or (b) there's
> something unstated here that is key to making it work.
> 
> I have tried two methods now, neither of which give me a .rpm
> file or an installed RPM.
> 
> (1)  Download foo.tar.gz
>      rpm -ta foo.tar.gz
> 
> (2)  Download foo.tar.gz
>      tar xovfz foo.tar.gz
>      cd foo
>      ./configure
>      make
>      make dist
>      rpm -ta foo.tar.gz
> 
> Could some kind soul give me a hint here?  Is the output of a
> 'rpm -ta ...' command supposed to be a .rpm file, or an installed RPM?
> Neither the man page nor the FAQ on RPM shed much light on this for me,
> I'm afraid ...
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 
> Zach
> 
> 
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