On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Y'know, I sorta like that idea - say, a script or program that you can > hand it info, such as if you've just built PHP the way I mentioned, and > have it be added to the rpmdb. That would also let you know if you did a > yum updgrade, and if a newer version than what you'd build had been added > to the regular distro. and this random guessing and recordatation to pollute the RPM database "varies from ** and ** is better than" using a package built from a pre-defined recipe driven by a .spec file, just how? packaging is not rocket science; building packages from a spec file and tarball and patches is profusely documented All RPM needs is for people to read and use the tools, and all this is done well presently "Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." – Henry Spencer RPM is a barracuda swimming through the *nix seas, ready to exceed the capabilities of pre-schoolers on tricycles on a moment's notice Talking about random poor approaches on this mailing list helps no-one who might wrongly conclude hereafter that those approaches are good ideas -- Russ herrold