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Was the Debian Maintainer Guide https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/index.en.html https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/index.en.html not he
by lmz 4y ago
Was the Debian Maintainer Guide https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/index.en.html https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/index.en.html not helpful enough? When I tried to package stuff I found it easier to understand than the RPM docs.
- oneshtein 4y agoRPM is much simpler than .deb, so guide is not necessary. It's just a simple .spec file with few headers and sections. See src.fedoraproject.org[0] for Fedora .spec files (click or search a package, then click on Files tab, then .spec file). However, Fedora uses "convention over configuration" principle, so a packager must know Fedora conventions to package a program properly. [0]: https://src.fedoraproject.org/ https://src.fedoraproject.org/
- pxc 4y agoI find the Debian maintainer guide helpful enough! To me the difficulty difference is not large, but I like the simplicity of managing just a single spec file for RPM source packages.