[packman] normalize rpm building problem
Henne Vogelsang
hvogel at hennevogel.de
Thu Mar 23 20:22:53 CET 2006
Hi,
On Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 19:57:25, Peter Czanik wrote:
> Henne Vogelsang wrote:
> >Hm thats sad. Missing BuildRequires are packaging bugs and should be
> >fixed.
>
> I can't find the exact arguments any more, but it was something like
> that: package names change from SUSE version to SUSE version, and the
> easy way is to avoid this confusion is not using it. Some custom hacks
> were also mentioned. And that y2pmsh is dumb anyway :-) I'll try y2pmsh
> again for 10.1 next week.
Good!
> >Anyway, you have a login dont you (at least you appear in the packager
> >selection in the admin frontend)? Then you have access to the svn. Just
> >fix stuff there please.
>
> Then I'll need to look for my login info. I last used it before my
> packman build partition was lost. But anyway, I'm a bit afraid from
> modifying other packagers spec files, as I'm not a programmer (if we
> don't count coding measurement control an data collection in Delphi &
> Lazarus...). I only used SVN check out, my check in goes to bugzilla ;-)
> I better send you feedback by e-mail, as I know enough English to fix
> some simple C and spec files, but it's more like curing symptoms, than
> knowing the source of problems. Bye,
C'mon. Dont underestimate yourself. Learning by doing (trough pain ;).
Only if you are really unsure dont do it, otherwise go ahead. There is
really no need to be afraid of anything.
Henne
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