Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "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.
You can now browse the CVS repositories (Cooker and Lothar) from
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi
The spec files are in the SPECS or contrib-SPECS modules.
--
Fred - May the source be with you
