From: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>,
Ray Lee <ray-lk@madrabbit.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: can support for "rpm"-based package building just be dropped?
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:46:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071127134645.GB20000@dspnet.fr.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711261716220.22369@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 05:17:18PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> rpm -b does not work in opensuse anymore (redirects you to use rpmbuild), and I
> bet fedora will do the same, so if you don't have rpm-build, tough luck for
> make rpm.
The point, if I understand it correctly, was that when rpmbuild is not
install and rpm is not building-capable not to fall back to rpm and
instead yell loudly that rpmbuild is missing.
To which some said that right now "do not fall back, ever, just
require rpmbuild" may just be the best.
I have no opinion though.
OG.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-27 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-26 8:54 Robert P. J. Day
2007-11-26 14:58 ` Ray Lee
2007-11-26 15:08 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-11-26 15:12 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-11-26 15:19 ` Ray Lee
2007-11-26 15:23 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-26 15:53 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-11-26 16:05 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-26 16:13 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-11-26 16:17 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-27 13:37 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-11-27 13:46 ` Olivier Galibert [this message]
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