We are active on the RPM
mailing list,
the autorpm
mailing list,
and have built a business
around RPM as an organizing
force. Starting December 1, 2001, we also took the reins as the
principal site maintainer for the old (pre December 2006) RPM.
(For the uninitiated, RPM is the 'RPM Package Manager' package,
[The "RPM" is a geek recursive naming thing, and not a shorthand for 'Red
Hat' as some might think, given the tool's heavy use at Red Hat,
and the fact that
several of the maintainers of RPM over the years, have been employees of
that firm]
used to install and maintain Unix, *nix, and perhaps even other
legacy Operating System application packages.)
apt vs rpm -- why can't we be friends?
There is some rivalry on the part of some Debian folks, asserting various
advantages to apt (the Debian package manager) over rpm.
I had occasion to need to add the encrpytion component to mozilla, and it was a simple as
could be:
[root@oldnews apt]# up2date add mozilla-psm
Fetching package list for channel: redhat-linux-i386-8.0...
########################################
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: redhat-linux-i386-8.0...
########################################
Fetching rpm headers...
Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
########################################
mozilla-psm-1.0.1-24.i386.r ########################## Done.
mozilla-nss-1.0.1-24.i386.r ########################## Done.
Preparing ########################################### [100%]
Installing...
1:mozilla-psm ########################################### [100%]
2:mozilla-nss ########################################### [100%]
The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencies:
Name Version Release
--------------------------------------------------------------
mozilla-nss 1.0.1 24
[root@oldnews apt]#
No fuss, no muss; no 'dependency hell,' all done.
NEWS: Myles Dolan <dolanm@logica.com>
has built
HP 11 depot files for RPM based package maintenance. They are built for
HP-UX 11, but we am hopeful to rebuild them in a HP-UX 10.20 environment
as well. The sub-webpages describing this are here,
and the FTP content
is here. Content
in the HP subtree are maintained by Myles.
Local efforts include presentations to the local Linux User Group,
backporting, snipping 'Hints and Links' crossing the mailing list for
extension of this page with an updated FAQ, and participation in the Red Hat
private beta tester program for upcoming releases. In the last, we focus on
RPM, and well-formed .SPEC files. Also, we focus on 'automatic updates'
(both within version, and forward across versions) using the AUTORPM tool.
Other approaches exist: see: autoupdate -
which has an FTP site
as well. Also see: apt-rpm.
RPM
- Only PENDING tickets link
RPM
- ALL tickets link
Note: Log into Bugzilla first for best results
Other resources
The RPM FTP site
Bero's Contrib RPMs
web site
The FreshRPMs web site
Our mirror of the ftp.rpm.org /pub/rpm/dist/ tree -
FTP site
Unofficial Doco - placeholder
Maximum RPM - HTML-ized -
gzipped Postscript
copy
Donnie Barnes' RPM
HowTo
Phil Hunter's presentation
outline to the Central OH Linux User
Group February 26, 2000, titled: "RPM and Autorpm Upgrade Presentation"
Paul Hostetler's presentation
outline to the Central OH Linux User
Group March 29, 2000 - titled "COLUG RPM package building .spec-file
Presentation" - Postscript
Tips
Jeff Johnson's CVS instructions - from the RPM list
By request tip links ...
Jason L. Buberel's SRPM Building instructions
RUST - RPM GUI package building
Mandrake RPM
HOWTO - RPM
Red Hat
bugzilla
Connectiva
bugzilla
Mandrake
RPM
Bero at Red Hat
Bero's daily KDE
Fresh RPMs
Red
Hat versioning - Our take on the question: "When is the next release
going to issue?"
Red
Hat versioning - at http://freshrpms.net/redhat.html
Red
Hat versioning - at
http://www.smoogespace.com/documents/behind_the_names.html
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