I've decided to install RPM to help make my linux box LSB compliant. The problem is how do I make dummy RPMs to satisfy dependencies? Or is something like "virtual packages" the replacement for that?
Dammit they should have made Debian packages the LSB standard. Or I should have just compiled and used the LSB implementation- essentially ALFS w/ RPM and other stuff:
ftp://ftp.freestandards.org/pub/lsb/imp ... e/packages
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Nevermind, found instructions
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&l ... edu&rnum=3
Might be useful for anyone using RH or Mandrake.
Actually, exactly what is the point of me installing RPM? I don't see any LSB packages out there
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&l ... edu&rnum=3
Might be useful for anyone using RH or Mandrake.
Actually, exactly what is the point of me installing RPM? I don't see any LSB packages out there
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
Umm, I thought APT-RPM was distribution specific- I'm using plain LFS- since trying to install some missing packages on top of Coredistro resulted in dismal failure.
EDIT: I already have most deps installed, just don't want a broken RPM database. Figured out how to do it anyways.
The reason I'm using LFS is that there is nearly no backwards compatibility whatsoever in packages- even between point releases of RH
. Everything is compiled with the latest libraries... And the LSB standard is at 1.2 already. How come people haven't started making LSB packages already?
Self packaging is annoying, since after trashing coredistro and using LFS, I don't have internet access downstairs, and the specfile documentation is dismal. Doesn't seem much of an issue though, since I can just run checkinstall to make dummy RPMs from now on.
EDIT: I already have most deps installed, just don't want a broken RPM database. Figured out how to do it anyways.
The reason I'm using LFS is that there is nearly no backwards compatibility whatsoever in packages- even between point releases of RH
. Everything is compiled with the latest libraries... And the LSB standard is at 1.2 already. How come people haven't started making LSB packages already? Self packaging is annoying, since after trashing coredistro and using LFS, I don't have internet access downstairs, and the specfile documentation is dismal. Doesn't seem much of an issue though, since I can just run checkinstall to make dummy RPMs from now on.
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor