Primitive use of rpm

[Dan Stromberg]

You really should share the error you're getting, and possibly your spec
file too.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Rick Hedin <cubsno1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> One group at my organization likes rpm, and one prefers a bunch of files
> and a shell script.  I haven't been able to change their mind, so I am
> making an rpm that puts almost of the functionality in a shell script.
> That way the rpm-liking group can run the rpm, and get the nice tracking
> benefits, and the rpm-disliking group can use rpm2cpio, extract the files,
> and proceed in their preferred fashion.
>
> I am having trouble getting my rpmbuild to work, though.  All I have in my
> spec file is a pre-amble that contains name, version, and release, plus
> several Sourcex definitions and a BuildRoot definition, and an install
> section that contains the name of the install shell script.  This should be
> a very straightforward spec file, that people have done before.  What am I
> missing?
>
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