a crackpot idea i had

[Jim Conner]

To turn a tarball into a rpm, check out checkinstall on freshmeat.  It had a 
problem with glibc(I think) on eD2.4 and wasn't reliable.  It works fine with 
W3.x though.

Jim

On Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:38, Keith Antoine wrote:
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> Well I have at least started , by copying it to a partition on the HD. I
> also have many rpms that I have done for SuSE 8.0 I am sure that I can use
> to update this. I am also aware that there is a system whereby one can get
> a tarball and rpm it staright away. I am fortunate in that I have a _GRUNT_
> system in h/w. I run a BIG hardware supplier online and look after his
> website (http://www.gamedude.com.au), I get everything at cost and he
> trades the old stuff for me.
> Athlon XP2000, Soltek MB DDR 1gig, 60 & 20 gig 7200 HD.
>
> So as dep suggested start with 2.4 and go from there, as I also said I am
> open to suggestions too. I need things to occupy me,

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