Douglas Kosovic wrote: >>On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 11:08:05AM -0500, Joshua M. Brown wrote: >> >> >>>...er, how does that effect the rpm build scripts if i'm trying to build >>>AG2.2 on Fedora Core 2? The reason i ask is to avoid beating my head >>>against any walls that i don't have to :) >>> >>> >>Install rpm-build: >> >>yum install rpm-build >> >>and use rpmbuild --rebuild instead of rpm --rebuild: >> >>rpmbuild --rebuild foo.src.rpm >> >>This change was made many years ago, by the way. Red Hat 9 and 8.0, >>at least, need "rpmbuild" instead of just "rpm" for building packages. >> >> > >In the doc directory of CVS: > http://fl-cvs.mcs.anl.gov/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/AccessGrid/doc/ > >You will find a document called "AG-Linux-Build-HOWTO" which describes how >to build on Linux. > >There are issues building AG 2.2 from SRPMs, so you need to follow the >procedure in that document. > >For Fedora Core 2, you will need to do the following steps: > >1. copy packaging/linux/fedora/fc2/AccessGrid.spec.in to >packaging/linux/rpm/AccessGrid.spec.in >2. apply the following patch: > >http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~agn/ag_fedora/FC2/unstable/patches/agtk2.2fc2.patch >3: If your want Alsa 1.0 sound driver support, apply the patch from: > http://www.ap-accessgrid.org/linux/rat/index.html > >The new AccessGrid.spec contains support for the new XDG menus used in >Fedora Core 2, rather than the legacy Gnome/KDE. >The agtk2.2fc2.patch hasn't been added to CVS yet and fixes a couple of >problems. > >wxPython can be obtained from Fedora Extras at http://www.fedora.us > >You can build xawtv from the Fedora Core1 SRPM by issuing >'rpmbuild --rebuild xawtv-*src.rpm'. > >There is a CVS RPM snapshot available at: > http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~agn/ag_fedora/FC2/unstable/RPMS/ > >Note: There are issues with the version in CVS at the moment and I wouldn't >recommend it for a production system at this time. > >Cheers, >Doug > > > Thank you, Doug - that is right on the money for what i was after.
ps. sorry for calling you "Tom" in my last message. Although i'm sure Tom would be happy to take credit for a great answer ;-) thanks again all.
