Thanks, I will incorporate suggestions into RPMS spec files.
Regarding bugs of interactor and steppers: I was unable to find a fix in DX code... and I am not sure where in the MOTIF code I should look. Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Douglas N. Arnold > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 1:19 PM > To: Suhaib M. Siddiqi > Cc: opendx2-users@lists.berlios.de > Subject: problems with OpenDX RPM files > > > > I just installed the opendx RPMs from opendx.org on my RedHat 6.1 > machine. Thanks for making RPMs available! However I did come > across some problems I wanted to let you know about. > > 1. There still seems to be an interactor problem. Dials > and steppers > don't work. > > 2. There is also a small bug. The rpm installs into /usr, but the > script /usr/bin/dx and script in /usr/dx/bin still > specify the prefix > /usr/local. > > 3. Finally, I wanted to mention that your naming > conventions are not > usual for RPMs and cause some problems. You associated > the following > names to the RPMs (in the spec file, I imagine): > > OpenDX > opendx-4.0.10-redhat-6.x-linux-docs > > The second name is surely not right. The version number 4.0.10 is > separate from the name. If I ask my system to list my installed > rpms (rpm -qa), it now gives the redundant info > "opendx-4.0.10-redhat-6.x-linux-docs-4.0.10-1". > > I would suggest names > > opendx > opendx-docs > > for the two RPMs. Of course the version number would be > 4.0.10 and the > release number 1 (or 2). Then, conventionally, the name > of the rpm > files would be name-version-release.i386.rpm, i.e., > > opendx-4.0.10-1.i386.rpm > opendx-docs-4.0.10-1.i386.rpm > > These names, especially the one associated to the RPM in the spec > file, are important, since to query the rpm the user must > supply the > name. E.g., if I want to find out what opendx docs there > are I would > type, under my suggested scheme, > > rpm -ql opendx-docs > > It would be tough for me to remember your long name and type > > rpm -ql opendx-4.0.10-redhat-6.x-linux-docs > > By the way it is possible to put OS information in the > release number, > like 1rh6.1, if you insist, but it is not usually done. >
