FreeRADIUS + Postgresql dies unexpectedly

[Duarte Fonseca]

Hi John,

As long as the hammer does the job. At this stage although I'm aware
that RPM packaging is much more powerful my lack of knowledge about it
doesn't allow for a more sensible approach.

Hopefully this will change time ;)

thanks,

Duarte

2009/11/12 John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>:
> On 11/12/2009 12:28 PM, Duarte Fonseca wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> The only change I did to the spec file was change the release (and
>> later add the --enable-developer)
>>
>> What I did do was go to the SOURCES dir and unpack the
>> freeradius-server archive, change the file in question, pack up
>> freeradius-server replacing the original tar.bz2 archive.
>>
>> I did this assuming rpm build would build using whatever code is in
>> that tar.bz2 file. Is this another case of assumption being the mother
>> of all f*ckups?
>
> You can do it this way, but it's like trying to use a hammer to drive a
> screw :-) The whole rationale of RPM packaging is based around applying
> patches to upstream sources, which in this instance is exactly what you're
> doing.
> --
> John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>
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