[CentOS] Making rpm from tar.gz

[Rodrigo Barbosa]

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On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 04:15:53PM +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> OS: CentOS 5 x86.
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> I have read in some places that we can make an rpm package from tar.gz, 
> by issuing rpmbuild -ta. However it doesn't seem to work. Any hints?

- -ta will only work if you have a specfile inside the tarball. Otherwise,
you will have to create the specfile yourself.

Best Regards,

- -- 
Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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