[Mageia-dev] A question about BuildRequires and other RPM questions.

Thu Feb 28 15:25:41 CET 2013

Le 28/02/2013 12:55, Robert Wood a écrit :
+> So, how do I make a list of that please?
+There is not much choice, beside building from a specified build 
+environment, which is usually the minimal installation for your target 
+distribution + rpmbuild. Most distributions use dedicated systems to 
+automatically deploy such clean environment before eac package build 
+attempt (iurt, mock, etc...).
+
+> Also, I tried taking kwrite as an example, downloaded the .src RPM from
+> a website (couldn't work out the wget thing) and managed to "blindly"
+> build the RPM. That lists as shed load of files, mostly libraries that
+> are needed. Again, how do I find these for this particular package? Do I
+> need to compile first and use a tool that extracts all this information
+> somehow?
+Build dependencies are usually specified in installation instructions. 
+For humans, of course. You may also try to parse the outpout of 
+./configure (or equivalent) script. In both case, there is not garanty 
+then every build dependency will get specified.
+
+-- 
+BOFH excuse #257:
+
+That would be because the software doesn't work.
+