Elijah P Newren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > My apologies if I'm sending this to the wrong place. I wasn't sure > where this should go. Please let me know whom I should be emailing > with these questions if this list is the wrong place.
No, it's the correct place. [...] > Text with link : > "ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/chmou/rpm-spec-mode-mdk.el"; > Links to (broken) : > ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/chmou/rpm-spec-mode-mdk.el http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/files/rpm-spec-mode-mdk.el > 2. Differences in (RedHat) RPM and Mandrake RPM? > > I found that Appendix B of the mdk-rpm howto > (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/howtos/mdk-rpm/more-macros.html) > specified some of the extensions of mdk-rpm, but there were other > tags/macros referenced in the howto that weren't clearly identified > as being standard RPM or a Mandrake extension (and I couldn't tell, > since Maximum RPM is a little out of date). Can anyone tell me? This is constantly evolving when -1- we decide to add some more macros to our default rpm macros file -2- RH does the same in official rpm -3- RH merges some of our new macros in official rpm > Most of the specific tags/macros that I was wondering about: > License (vs. Copyright) Copyright and License are "equivalent" tags, and Copyright is obsolete. > %defattr This is standard. > %{_bindir}, %{_sbindir}, %{_datadir}, etc.. > %{_menudir} AFAIK, these were introduced by Mandrake RPM. The first line of macros seem not integrated in "default" RPM, not the second. People are encouraged to use these macros so that on different sites, files installed in different places can be found by RPM. > BuildRequires, BuildConflicts This is standard. > Epoch Serial and Epoch are "equivalent" tags, and Serial is obsolete. > %config(noreplace), %config(ghost), %config(missingok) This is standard. > Also, if anyone knows (or knows where I can find) any other relevant > differences, I would appreciate it. The best place for such information is probably inside our developer Frederic Lepied's mind, but we haven't discovered a way to plug in any network device, yet.. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
