to build an rpm from a tar.gz?

[Gitr Dun]

I believe the rpms are automagically save under usr/src/RPM/RPMS

I also beliebe that do be both distro and desktop agnostic


On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:12:32 +0000, tommie ramirez andujar
<tommie at ispcmw.rimed.cu> wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I have downloaded "checkinstall" that allows you to create an rpm
> installer out of a tar-gz file, you just type "checkinstall" after
> "./configure" and "make" and it builds and install an rpm. So far so
> good, it did installed the rpm but I was not able  to  "see" it to save
> it someplace else. Has anyone used this or  done in a different way, I
> mean" to build an rpm from a tar.gz?
> tommie
> 
> Esben Mose Hansen wrote:
> > On Sunday 23 January 2005 03:57, Andy Teijelo Pérez wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Do you know about this? Is this a KDE issue, or a particular application
> >>problem, or maybe a Debian issue? Any light is highly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Well, from the code it is obvious that an application can do this. I think
> > that that is not a good idea. KDE should give applications a (perhaps
> > configurable) time limit in which respond or be killed.
> >
> > If I select shutdown, I mean shutdown. It's ok to be able to stop a shutdown
> > in progress, and the applications can ask questions, but any dialogs must
> > time out and allow the shutdown to continue. Otherwise, you have to babysit
> > your computer through the shutdown process.
> >
> > This should *not* be up to the applications. This should be something KDE
> > enforces. Like init:
> >
> > ... sending TERM to all processes...
> > ... sending KILL to all processes...
> >
> >
> 
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