Re: tkgate-1.8.5-1ark.src.rpm

N. Thompson wrote:

> I've tried uploading the rpm and I finally got it to work using openssh
> in Windows, I'm not sure why I couldn't upload it from Linux but that
> was probably an odd quirk of maybe I was just doing it wrong.
> 
> Anyway I tried to run build [contrib] tkgate-1.8.5-1ark.src.rpm and that
> wouldn't work so I left out the "[contrib]" part and it seemed to work.
> Now I'm not sure that was the right way to do it but since it wouldn't
> work before I figured the [contrib] part since it was between square
> brackets was probably not supposed to be there. Hopefully I didn't mess
> anything up, if I did send me a bill, I haven't seen anything in the
> build mailing list so chances are nothing has happened yet.
> 
> BTW. That whole makefile thing that Gary patched is a little new to me,
> if anyone could give me some idea of how a .patch file works and how its
> applied I'd appreciate that, as far as I can tell it looks like a file
> generated by the program used to compare files (diff I think) but I'm
> not sure how to make one or what to do to apply it.
> 
> I'm still trying to get some practice so if anyone has a package they
> would recommend I try to make I'd be more then happy to hear it, I'm a
> little disappointed that inkscape isn't in the rpm repositories, I'm
> much more comfortable with it then I am with sodipodi which I find has a
> terrible user interface so I may try to build that unless there is some
> reason I shouldn't?
> 

Its not a big deal you just put something in the main branch that wasn't
supposed to be, Im not sure how to move it. However next time, you want to
use build <package> contrib

When you dont have the brakets it puts it in the main tree instead of hte
contrib tree. The difference is that we actively work on and support the
main tree while the contrib tree we do not officially support nor maintain,
wlthough we do try to maintain it.
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