Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] The Ethereal RPMs mess

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:15:11 -0800 (PST)
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