On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Amit k. Saha <amitsaha.in at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I have heard this term 'spec file' at many places (and most recently > on 'belenix-discuss'). What exactly is this 'spec' file? >
http://pkgbuild.sourceforge.net/ A spec file lists the various actions that a pkgbuild system should take to build an installable. There are various stages such as downloading sources, verifying sources, applying patches, building the source, preparing packages, etc. -- Sriram
