[CentOS-docs] Re: Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

[Alan Bartlett]

On 18/07/2008, Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:44, Alan Bartlett <ajb.stxsl at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > Have you fully researched what currently is present in the WIki?
> >
> http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/YumAndRPM#head-d2b0e7b7f3943ba0f8d08f9cfa46e821ba74aff4
>
> Yes, but this is just a small introduction about how to do it, and in
> a way which is not consistent (the commands are not exactly the same)
> as:
>
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source#head-a8dae925eec15786df9f6f8c918eff16bf67be0d
>
> Note that none of these articles are about building RPMs anyway, one
> is a kind of FAQ on Yum and RPM and the second one is on building your
> own kernel.


The second reference you have quoted actually details how to obtain the
Kernel Sources and set up the build tree in a consistent fashion for
subsequent usage (covered in two other articles).

> Have you replied to Russ Herrold's comment? Perhaps I missed it.
>
> No, but others did and I agree with their comments.


I think it would have been polite of you to have responded to Russ'
comments. (Speaking as an Englishman.)

Basically I think that pointers to the outside are not that good
> because they not necessarily contain CentOS specific information.


The main link that Akemi and I currently have in Kernel Sources and Custom
Kernel is to the (maintained) CentOS specific Owl River page (
http://www.owlriver.com/tips/non-root/). The other link, in the Custom
Kernel article, (http://howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_centos/) is
mentioned to strongly dissuade its use.

<snip>

Anyway, building RPMs is something I learned the hard way because
> there is no one-stop easily-understandable comprehensive but
> howto-like document, and that is what I was trying to address. But
> it's your decision as to if the idea of creating this on CentOS wiki
> has merits or not.


Perhaps you would care to draft out what you have in mind.

I hope you will not take offence at this (for none is intended) but in view
of your use of the English language - taking the two above sentences as an
example - (baring in mind that English is the main language of the CentOS
Wiki), what you write may well need to be re-edited by a native English
speaker. I would be willing to assist you with that.

Russ, Ralph and Akemi - do you have any comments, please?

Alan.
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