Question on the "Source:" line on a .spec file

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:14:21 -0300, Nikolai wrote:

> A package I am building has a very old stable version, and they
> recommend to build the program on it's CVS version. How can I specify
> a CVS version on the Source line?

Check it out of CVS, tar it, give it a useful file name, compress it, then
specify the resulting archive file name on the Source line. :)

It is good practice to add a comment on how to "reproduce" your
tarball.