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

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 02:19:35 +1100
James McDonald <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> 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?

gentoo ... Gentoo ... GENTOO

Have a nice weekend.

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