Re: [ydl-gen] rpms

The simplest answer is...
Build your own RPM.

It's not terribly difficult and I'm happy to help you through it,

Derick Centeno wrote:
> Background of the problem:
> Sometimes a package available within a YDL release is old in comparison
> to what may be current.  For example to use the current release of GPG2
> which allows for use of OpenPGP one of the libraries I need is
> libgcrpyt-1.4.4 but I need to have the version installed by anaconda
> removed.  It just so happens that removing it using yum affects over
> 300+ other installed packages, which means that I have to find a means
> of having those same 300+ packages find and discover the new version of
> libgcrypt!
>
> I tried researching this problem in other Linux forums and references
> and have learned much about spec files and so on.  What I haven't
> found, even on IBM's website discussing rpm, is a logically procedural
> based answer.
>
> I'm hoping that my query can be addressed here.  Any takers?
>
> ==========================
> An interesting definition of Open Source:
>
> “Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common
> to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need”
> -- Thomas Aquinas 12th Century.
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