At least in my experience this is not always an option as there are certian smaller projects that only release a rpm package and not the source. Therefore a script like rpmextract (thanks for this by the way) is a big help.
--- Alex Marten [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Well I package for both arch and a popular rpm distro. And I basically > just use the source and the info in either the rpm spec file or the arch > pkgbuild file and manually translate to the other. > > After doing 100 packages or so, this is the fastest way to get things > *properly* working. I emphasize *properly* because if the rpm is anything > more complicated than the most trivial stuff, the rpm2tgz to arch package > will probably be lousy. > > If you have not YET written a pkgbuild, I also recommend this method, you > will learn a lot along this road that will serve you well in the future. > > Anyways, that's my two cents worth. > > > Very best regards; > > Bob Finch > > > > >> I know a lot of people may think this is a dumb idea, and maybe it >> already exists and I'm blind to noticiing it. But I imagine there are >> several cases where people would want to install a very occasional rpm >> on arch. And if I'm correct currently, without downloading rpm2tgz from >> somewhere, you have to use rpm2cpio and then cpio to get at the rpm? >> The process of doing it, from what I remember of doing it last time is a >> bit confusing (rpm2tgz is much more friendly to use). >> I wondered if it might not be a bad idea to allow pacman to >> directly/indirectly (like with a script) have an option to handle rpm >> installations? It would be especially nice for installing things like >> those pesky ati drivers! >> >> Just my $.02. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> arch mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
