[CentOS] build system for cutting edge software

Sun May 18 16:10:57 UTC 2014
Gergely Buday <gbuday at gmail.com>

Hi,

I use centos as it is stable and provides all the software that is
needed for everyday use.

However, sometimes I would like to use fresh software that is not
available as a package. Compiling from source is indeed an option but
because centos uses oldish sources not only the sought package should
be built but a lot of other packages.

An idea is to build it in a directory, as much independent as it is
possible from the installed libraries on the centos installation. Is
there an automated build system for such an endeavour?

- Gergely