RPM building

[sciurius]

If you are using MMA on an RPM based Linux system (e.g., Fedora) here are the necessary files to build your own kit.
Contents of the zip:

Code:

  rpmbuild/SPECS/mma.spec
  rpmbuild/SOURCES/mma-devl.12.10a-paths.patch
  rpmbuild/SOURCES/mma-devl.12.10a-player.patch

Just add the recently released mma-devl.12.10a.tar.gz in rpmbuild/SOURCES and build ahead...

[bvdp]

I have no idea what this means (I've been using debs for to long ... and I don't understand them either).

I generate the rpm download using alien ... is this something I should add to my conversion?

BTW, the ratio of downloads is about 40% source, 50% deb and 10% rpm.

[sciurius]

It is mainly beneficial for people on rpm based systems that do not have the ways to deal with .deb files and alien. I needed it to create an rpm for 12.10a, so why not share it?
You may safely ignore it, and point people that ask for rpm spec files to this thread.

[bvdp]

Ahh, the mysteries of packaging. I'll leave this alone ... and remember the pointer.

Thanks.