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#1 2009-12-19 20:04:54
- matthewbauer
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PKGBUILDs for RPM and DEB
Is it possible to use PKGBUILD and makepkg to build RPMs and DEBs? Has anyone made a tool like this?
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#2 2009-12-19 20:22:17
- ZaQ
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Re: PKGBUILDs for RPM and DEB
I don't think thats possible.
For example, look here to see how to build an .rpm:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en/
But I'm not sure, what packages you need exactly and where to get them from.
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#3 2009-12-19 20:26:37
- matthewbauer
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Re: PKGBUILDs for RPM and DEB
I mean don't we have enough info in a PKGBUILD to make a basic RPM or DEB? It seems like you could just alter the makepkg source a bit to be compatible with the RPM format.
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#4 2009-12-19 22:37:40
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Re: PKGBUILDs for RPM and DEB
So go ahead and do it. I would be very surprised if anyone else here is interested in doing this, so it's all yours.
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#5 2009-12-19 23:00:11
- Allan
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Re: PKGBUILDs for RPM and DEB
It should be possible to write scripts to convert a PKGBUILD to a RPM spec file. I can not remember much of the deb format, but I guess that would be somewhat simple too... As tomk said, this would be up to you as I have not seen any other interest in it.
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