RPM Spec Files

[Paul Harouff]

The RPM spec files are only for Red Hat.

Has anyone developed an RPM spec file for other distros who would be
willing to share how he did it? I run SuSE 8.1 with necessary Gnome
updates for Evolution 1.2.1.

After running Linux a year and a half, I've finally learned how to build
RPMs when the spec files are available with the tar file. Unfortunately,
I have no idea how to write a spec file from scratch -- especially for
software I didn't develop.

Is there some simple fix for converting a Red Hat spec file to a SuSE
spec file?

YaST is much more stable if all the packages are installed as RPMs. When
I install from source, the dependencies get all screwed up and it's
almost impossible to fix them.

Paul
Alexandria, VA