On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 07:44, allan espinosa wrote: > --- JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Besides, you might want to convert the rpm to a Slackware package > > before > > installing, instead of using rpm to install. man rpm2tgz for more > > info; > > the post install script of the rpm does something. it links the modules > and modifies some of the /etc settings. i don't know how to extract the > .spec file from the binary rpm (i think i'll read google)
I realized this (belatedly) when I converted it into a package tarball last night. However, the script should be trivial, and the old sm56setup script should give hints on how to build it. (As for /etc settings, I believe that, like the legacy sm56setup script, the RPM adds the appropriate settings to /etc/modules.conf). Strangely, rpm(8) dies with a SIGSEGV when I try using it... maybe because I downgraded to the GCC 2 toolchain. Anyway, I'll try to extract it from my office machine so I can share the goodies. :) I'll also probably set up a nice Slackware package and a .tar.gz tarball along the way. (5 minutes later) Yup, the postinstall scriptlet is almost the same as the legacy sm56setup script. Same old, same old. :) -- Jan Michael Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Asia Online -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
