On 22 Dec 2003, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> You need to do RPM subpackages. This would allow you to generate three
> different binary RPMs from one source RPM.
>
> The online version of Maximum RPM describes it at the following link:
>
> http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-rpm-subpack.html
>
> If you have any trouble, send me an email and I'll see what I can do.
Thank you very much for that hint. It looks like what I want.
Did you have any comments on my claimed simplification of the packages?
> Devin
>
> On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 18:56, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I am looking at better ways to package the RPMs for Ethereal.
> >
> > I want to build three sets of packages:
> >
> > 1. built with ucd-snmp packages
> >
> > 2. built with net-snmp packages
> >
> > 3. Built without snmp at all.
> >
> > Currently, I use three spec files, but that creates problems with the
> > source RPMs and a mish-mash of RPMs that require people to know what
> > packages to install.
> >
> > I think that it would be better if:
> >
> > 1. I could come up with one spec file
> >
> > 2. I built three packages, ethereal-no-snmp, ethereal-net-snmp,
> > ethereal-ucd-snmp, which installed everything. This will simplify the
> > installation decisions for people.
> >
> > Does anyone have any opinions on this?
> >
> > Also, can anyone point me at resources that can teach me how to build
> > three packages from one SPEC file?
> >
> > Regards
> > -----
> > Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
> > sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com
> >
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Regards
-----
Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com