Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 03:26:26PM -0400, David Walluck wrote:
> > much needed in http://www.linux-mandrake.com/howtos/mdk-rpm/index.html. I
> > would like to create a spec that works for Mandrake as well as other RPM
> > based distors. Is there a macro to determine what distribution it is? The
> > howwo *really* needs a section on compatibility with other distros, and
> > how to make your SPEC work with both.
Who will write this? We need someone who knows pretty well the art of
making RPM's for at least Redhat, Suse and Caldera. Who is The One ?
> You shall not have any other distributions .-) But really, the specs should
> run on other distributions, provided that you have the newest version of RPM
> and the newest Macros installed. The only thing that I could imagine which
> might not work is %{update_menus} / %{clean_menus}. But besides this, there
> isn't any magic in the Mandrake SPECs.
Hum, we keep on adding/changing things as long as we need/invent them.
I think that the basic RPM will work cross-distribution, but anything
bigger will have problems.
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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
