Get yourself a copy of cpan2rpm. It simplifies creating the specs from the ground up greatly.
On 5/11/10 12:49 PM, "Dallas Wisehaupt" <dal...@craigslist.org> wrote: > If you search for "rt 3.8 spec file" you will find some spec files that > do work for fedora and other variants. It wasn't too difficult to take > one of those and morph it for our custom use. > > Biggest issue I had was taking the time to package up perl dependencies > as rpms to store in our repo long term. And after a few dot release > upgrades the work has paid off. > > Dallas > > On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Todd Chapman wrote: > >> I bet Best Practical would produce RPMs for you if you paid them to. >> >> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Wes Modes <wmo...@ucsc.edu> wrote: >> Dear Boss: >> >> I strongly recommend going with the 3.6 version of RT. The install >> takes a few minutes, and it otherwise meets all the requirements of >> our project. Migration of old queues is simple. There is cost savings >> in the near and long-term. >> >> There is no rpm of RT3.8 that works for RHEL (32 or 64 bit) and none >> seem to be forthcoming. Someday perhaps someone will put one >> together, but it doesn't look like anytime soon. >> >> I CAN do a manual install of RT3.8 using the Best Practical install >> scripts. It is not terribly hard. However, the long-term costs of >> this are large. The install scripts put all the binaries, >> configuration files, and libraries in the wrong places for RHEL/CentOS, and >> working outside the package manager means files could be clobbered at >> any time. On the other hand, the rpms for RT3.6 use the package >> manager and put all the config files in /etc, all the perl modules in >> the perl modules dir, and the various tools in /usr/bin and >> /usr/sbin. The non-standard install using the scripts creates >> recurring costs in the future as the system is significantly more difficult >> to update and harder to maintain, like by a factor of 50 (five minutes >> compared to 4 hours). >> >> Additionally, the cost of migration of old content from 3.6 to 3.8 is >> unknown. >> >> Again, I will install either RT3.6 or RT3.8 but I need you to >> understand >> and acknowledge the costs of the choice. >> >> Wes >> >> >> Thanks to Gary Greene for the info about his latest centos rpm build. >> >> >> >> -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. Cell: (650) 704-6633 Office: (408) 240-1239