Re: Balsa RPMs

On Sat Mar 08 2003 at 18:50, Chuck Seiders wrote:

(rearranged for readability)

> Download GNOME-1.4 version
> Code that uses GNOME-1.4 libraries.
> It will work both with GNOME-1.4 and GNOME-2 but
> balsa-2.0.x is the recommended version for the latter one.
> balsa-1.4.2.tar.bz2 (2.3MB)
> balsa-1.4.2.tar.gz (3.2MB) Official Packages (released on 2002-12-22)
> balsa-1.4.2-1.i386.rpm (1.5MB) built on RH7.3.
> balsa-1.4.2-1_rh72-ximian.i386.rpm  built on RH7.2 with Ximian Gnome (1.6M)
> balsa-1.4.2-1.src.rpm (2.3MB)

> Does this "built on RH7.2 with Ximian Gnome" mean *incompatible with*
> GNOME-1.4 ?

Not necessarily.  Download it, then:

	rpm -qp --requires balsa-1.4.2-1_rh72-ximian.i386.rpm

But it I were you, I'd download and install the .src.rpm, go to
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS/, edit the balsa.spec file (if approprate),
and then (after satisfying any build and runtime dependencies)
generate new binaries with "rpm -ba balsa.spec".  That way you are
sure to create an rpm that will install and run on your box.

> -- ChuckS

Good luck.

Cheers
Tony