as Dan Scott has noted, the instructions on that page are not very easily
followable.
What should I do with these packages this time ? (Until a followable page
exists.) Could someone more knowledgeable / experienced take *please* take
over these [src].rpm's and stick them into contribs / cooker / somewhere ?
-- Thanks !
John
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Mark Scott wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >>I've made "sdd" SRPMs: one older, one newer. The newer seems pretty
> >>stable, so it might be enough to stick that one into contribs.
> >>
> >>Somebody please let me know where / how / to whom to upload it, so it
> >>gets into contribs, or, better, please take it (recompile) and put it
> >>where it should be, and just let me know, so I can use the diskspace on
> >>the website again.
> >>
> >>The two packages can be found at:
> >>
> >>http://Honza.Vicherek.com/sdd-1.31-1.src.rpm
> >>http://Honza.Vicherek.com/sdd-1.22-2.src.rpm
> >>
> >OK, I've also uploaded the i586.rpm's:
> >http://Honza.Vicherek.com/sdd-1.31-1.i586.rpm
> >http://Honza.Vicherek.com/sdd-1.22-2.i586.rpm
> >
> >John
> >
>
> In case you hadn't read them, this page gives an outline of the process
> (scroll down to "How to contribute some packages to Cooker?"):
> http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/cookerdevel.php3
>
> And did you read this before packaging the RPMs? It deals with
> Mandrake-specific rules and methods for RPM packaging.
> http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/howtos/mdk-rpm/
>
> In particular, you seem to have missed something about the package name:
> "The release is a number followed by mdk (stands for "Mandrake"; this is
> absolutely mandatory) which is incremented at each new build of the
> package."
> http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/howtos/mdk-rpm/building.html#AEN204
>
> So, your package should be sdd-1.31-1mdk.i586.rpm.
>
>
