Andrei Alexandrescu <and...@...> writes: > > I think it would be great to reduce the barrier to entry as much as we > can. Currently we have a deb package but not rpm. A savvy user can use > alien to convert from one to another (with limitations), but I think > simply having a downloadable rpm is the best way to go. > > Is anyone here an expert on building rpms? > > Thanks, > > Andrei >
Will you settle for a novice on building rpms? Here is a bash script which will convert a dmd zip distribution to rpm: http://personal.utulsa.edu/~ellery-newcomer/dmd2rpm usage: $ dmd2rpm dmd.2.047.zip I've only tested the resulting rpms on fedora 13, 32 bit and 64 bit, but it works nicely on each. Note I wasn't sure what to put in the license slot, as well as a few others. I also haven't looked at signing it, so installation would look something like yum install dmd-2.047-1.i686.rpm --nogpgcheck a yum repository would be nice for automatic upgrades.. _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
