Re: [Hampshire] Packaging tools

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Author: Vic
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Packaging tools
> Does anyone have experience and comments on using checkinstall
> with the the -D or -R switches to create deb and/or rpm
> packages?


I've built RPMs with it...

> From a quick look, it seems to be designed for human
> beings.


Well - yes.

But bear in mind that all it's doing is "watching" what you do with the
commands you give it; you end up with a very manual process for creating
each package. Any errors will not be immediately apparent...

I'd recommend you stick to the .spec file I left you with :-)

Vic.