@@ -556,22 +556,24 @@ <H3><A name="15">15</A>) How are RPM's packaged?</H3>
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paradigm. 'How is the RPM built?' is a multifaceted question. The
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obvious simple answer is that I maintain:</ P >
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- < P > 1.) A set of patches to make certain portions of the source tree
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- 'behave' in the different environment of the RPMset;</ P >
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+ < OL >
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+ < LI > A set of patches to make certain portions of the source tree
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+ 'behave' in the different environment of the RPMset;</ LI >
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- < P > 2.) The initscript;</ P >
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+ < LI > 2.) The initscript;</ LI >
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- < P > 3.) Any other ancilliary scripts and files;</ P >
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+ < LI > 3.) Any other ancilliary scripts and files;</ LI >
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- < P > 4.) A README.rpm-dist document that tries to adequately document
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+ < LI > 4.) A README.rpm-dist document that tries to adequately document
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both the differences between the RPM build and the WHY of the
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differences, as well as useful RPM environment operations (like,
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using syslog, upgrading, getting postmaster to start at OS boot,
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- etc);</ P >
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- < P > 5.) The spec file that throws it all together. This is not a
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- trivial undertaking in a package of this size.</ P >
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+ etc);</ LI >
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+ < LI > 5.) The spec file that throws it all together. This is not a
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+ trivial undertaking in a package of this size.</ LI >
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+ </ OL >
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< P > I then download and build on as many different canonical
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distributions as I can -- currently I am able to build on Red Hat
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6.2, 7.0, and 7.1 on my personal hardware. Occasionally I receive
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