Generating rpm spec from autoconf/automake packages for Fedora-example of spec

[Aaron Bennett]

Didier Casse wrote:

>Here's an example of my spec attached. But the last part was guessed by
>observing the "make install" process. What if I do not want to observe
>it? Is there an automated way of knowing which directories it's going to
>be installed and what files would be present.
>
>Is there some ready-made perl scripts that can grab such informartion and
>modify my spec files?
>
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What I do when I'm trying to figure out what files a package puts where 
is use tripwire.  I take a tripwire snapshot, then install everything, 
and then do another tripwire snapshot.  It will show you every single 
file that the installer put down.

Normally I don't have to resort to that -- most of the time, I can 
inspect the makefile and the buildroot, etc, but once in a while it's 
necessary.  It's also a great trick for dealing with "binary only" 
installers for repacking commercial software. 

HTH

-- 
Aaron Bennett
UNIX Administrator
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering