"Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> from the quill of Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > "Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Countless times I would like to look into a spec file to see if the
> > > resulting binary RPM is going to do/be what I want. It just sucks to
> > > have to download a whole source RPM (thinking of the kernel here) just to
> > > see what the spec file is going to do when it's possible that the binary
> > > RPM will be just what I want.
> > >
> > > Can we have the spec files in their own directory for easy retrieval?
> > >
> > You can already access them by the CVS server of cooker. The module is
> > SPECS/<package> or contrib-SPECS/<package>. Each module contains the
> > spec file and the patches.
>
> Almost cool!! When I check out "SPECS" (into local directory
> Mandrake-SPECS) I get not only spec files but (sometimes large) patches for
> the package as well. The command I am using is:
>
> cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvs/cooker co -d Mandrake-SPECS
>SPECS
>
> So it would still be nice to have a browsable directory (or cvs module)
> with *just* spec files in it. I want for instance just the kernel spec
> file. How do I know what to check out to get just the spec file?
>
A web interface to the CVS repository is in preparation. Stay tuned.
--
Fred - May the source be with you
