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

[Tim Wunder]

On 3/5/2004 11:16 AM, I believe that M.W. Chang wrote:

>>> 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.
> 

apt for rpm does, http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/

debian's apt doesn't AFAIK.

Tim