> - My opinion - Its a very good idea!
>
> There is a point: Not all source package tarballs have this sequences of
> building: ./configure; make; make install
> and most of the time we need to be root for the install step.
>
you do NOT need to be root to build RPMs, it is a _very_ bad idea, unless
you need to create something which oes need root, e.g. mknod
> Since I am not a script coder, I however, do know well C/C++.
>
> For the ones who are interrested:
>
> I am willing to start a gui frontend ( a KDE app ) .
> I could start the project at sourceforge.net or wherever,
> start the code with Kdevelop and testing.
> But I cannot do it all by myself due to
> some little lacks of Linux and KDE programing knowledges.
>
> I will need support for:
> - CVS Project management
> - KDE apps configuration API ( I am lost )
> on how to save/retreive application's context
> - Selecting which data to keep and how to save: files, dirs etc...
> - Detecting user's/Xwindows privileges ( root ? )
> - Uninstall - how to remove dependant custom/added libs
> - What else ?
>
>
ah i would prefer it to be gtk :)
no, you don't need to be root to build most things. not sure if you are
familiar with RPm, but you can use a .rpmmacros in your home directory and
define your _topdir to soemthing like /home/user/rpm and you're done. as i
said for things that contain character devices, you need root privileges.
and i still prefer to build my kernel with root ... i think that you can do
file parsing to make suer that you don't have any mknods in the spec and
warn the user before building.
> Here is what I am certainly capable:
> - User interface ( gui ) - presentation.
> - Catching and parsing stdout/stderr output from "configure/gcc/make"
> - What else ?
>
> If any other is interrested and wants me to participate, let me know :-)
>
check out rpmlib, but i'm not sure how useful it is going to be.
> I want to tell that it could be an other very good point for
> Mandrake to have
> something like this ( let say- "DrakeInstaller" like Alex said ).
> Thanx
i'm hacking rpm builder as a temporary solution for now ...
it si almost done, i have already gotten a buildroot done and i think i'll
upload a new one later on.
>
>
> Alex Hayes wrote:
>
> >tres bien fait!
> >________________________________________________________________________
>
> Selon moi, voici ce que je pense des distributions "pour tous" de
> Linux que
> j'ai essay�:
>
> Mandrake:
> Sans vouloir diminuer les autres distributions et selon mon
> modeste degr� de
> connaissance
> de Linux, je pense que Mandrake est la meilleur des distributions
> en ce qui
> attrait
> � l'�quilibre entre la quantit� de packages (ni trops, ni pas ass�) ,
> la qualit� de la configuration et la qualit� des programmes-maisons de
> configuration.
> Sans parler de l'interface de l'installation qui d�passe m�me MS-Windows!
>
> Corel Linux est une autre distrib digne de mention mais une fois
> install�e,
> rien � faire pour enlever son propre lilo dans le MBR, autrement
> que de d�partitioner le disque dur! Pire qu'un virus et Microsoft!
> KDE am�lior� ...
>
>
> Caldera (2.2) ressemble � un Redhat bris�!
> SuSE (6.1, 6.2) : Tr�s difficile � configurer.
> Avoir une bonne connaissance de Linux,
> et quelques fois conna�tre la langue germaine :-)))
> /etc est m�connaissable.
>
> Slackware: Je ne la reconnais plus depuis la version 4.0.
>
> voil� mon opinion.
>
> Serge Lussier
>
>
