Quoting Marvin Pascual ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I just want to make RPMs from the SOURCE .tar.gz and/or .tgz files.
Are you _sure_ that's what you want? If so, you're going to have learn a lot about constructing RPM spec files. It's quite possible if not likely that you're asking different questions from those you really intend. This is a frequent problem on technical mailing lists, where people (especially newcomers) get answers to the questions they posed, and only belatedly find out that those were answers to the wrong question. Which is very frustrating for all concerned. > BTW, is there any issue of building RPMs when using gcc-3.0.4 because > that's my current version of gcc? I can't imagine there would be. Why do you ask? [Compiling tarballs] > I'd love to but I don't know how to upgrade and/or uninstall and it's > not handy at all. One way is to just look at the Makefile to see what got installed where, and just delete the old files manually. This is particularly useful with packages like network daemons, which don't install many files. Additionally, the files tend to be pretty easy to spot just looking through directories, since generally they'd install within /usr/local. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
