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

[M.W. Chang]

>> 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.
> yourself either by installing RPMs of what the package wants, or using 
> --nodeps to bypass rpm's dependancy checking (if you're sure the 
> dependancy is met thru some other means, like an install from source.)

Does apt-get rely on RPM for package maintenance? Sorry, I have never 
used apt-get before.

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