Re: rpms

[Guy Steven <rgs etive southern co nz>]

On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Lee Mallabone wrote:

> Brady Hegberg wrote:

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> > 
> 
> Also, from time to time you get bad .spec files, e.g. a spec file for
> 1.0.4 was left in a 1.0.5 tarball. Such probs can usually be rectified
> by inspecting/editing the spec file though.
> 
> Btw, to whoever does the packaging, I had to manually copy the
> default.session file into $(RPM_BUILD_ROOT)/usr/share in order to get a
> gnome-core 1.0.5 tarball to make rpm's. Not sure if anyone else has had
> this problem though...
I have, as well as problems with the /usr/share/locale/*/*/* files being
missing. What pisses me off with this is that you have to start the whole
bloody process over. If there is a way to build a package without having
to recompile I would love to hear what it is.