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[Amarpreet Rattan]

Some questions about this.

when you say 'share' the rpms, what do you mean (that is, I am not
building any new rpms (or am I?) so what can I possibly be sharing that is
new)?  I take it that 'checkinstall' only tells the rpm database that the
program is installed (for dependency reasons) and from what you appear to
be saying it also installs the program (like make install would).

Also, is there a 'checkuninstall' (like a 'make uninstall'?) that removes
the programs files and its entry in the database?

Also, do you know of any resources that I can read that tell my about
'checkinstall'?  I have something called 'max-rpm' a handy little book
that i downloaded (seems a bit out of day though).

But you are correct, I just have a pc with redhat 9 installed, for
personal use.

thanks, amps

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, John Pettigrew wrote:

> In a previous message, Amarpreet Rattan <arattan at math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
> > sorry for being a lazy rpm user, but I like to keep my system as rpm based
> > as possible (easier to manage stuff that way).
>
> To keep your rpm database correct, you can use 'checkinstall' instead of 'make
> install' during the compilation. This compiles and inserts the program into
> the rpm database for you. It's probably supplied with your distro...
>
> It's quick and dirty - not really recommended if you are going to share the
> rpms, but fine for personal use. The reason is that it doesn't mess around
> getting all the variables set correctly but uses global defaults - this works
> fine on one system but isn't recommended for shared rpms.
>
> John
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