Making an RPM Distribution play nicely with ./configure && make && make install packages

[Net Llama!]

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, James McDonald wrote:
> I use Redhat Fedora Core 1. I have installed apt4rpm and done the usual
> apt-get upgrade etc. So once you get to that stage you then have to
> compile from source to get 'the latest'.
>
> Typically I also install packages that I don't bother to role into an
> rpm but they are required by other components I want to install via rpm
> / apt-get.
>
> How do you tell apt-get / rpm to either ignore that it can't see the
> package in it's database or update the rpm database with the package
> despite it wasn't installed via rpm?

--nodeps ?

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