On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 11:19 -0400, John Dennis wrote: > > By using a rpm spec file to build rpms from you'll get all the nasty > details of correct building handled for you. There are 2.2 rpms > available for Fedora. Just be aware spec files are also tuned for > specific Red Hat releases, you'll need to understand the differences > between Fedora and RHEL 5. All in all it can be non-trivial to get all > the details of building and installing a system daemon correct, this > is why we normally recommend folks use pre-build packages for their > distribution. > Unfortunately (?) the differences now between Fedora and RHEL, especially in terms of Fedora using systemctl rather than SysV startup scripts, means that using a Fedora SPEC file to build a package for RHEL is generally fraught with problems.
However. I have this afternoon been rebuilding FreeRadius 2.2 using the latest CentOS 5.8 freeradius2 RPM SPEC file. (Basically, using a SPEC file that you know will work on the server, but replace the actual source tarball with the latest available.) In this instance the modifications to the SPEC file were minor, but one patch also had to be modified. So, again, not trivial, you need to know a bit about SPEC files and patching, but it did build. I should add that for other packages this approach hasn't been too good! The differences between code versions can mean that a lot of patches in the RPM either become redundant or need modifying. It can add up to a lot of work. John. -- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
