[rsyslog] RPM spec file

[Rainer Gerhards]

[oops, forgotten to hit "send" - now a bit outdated, but still useful...]

Hi RB,

I really appreciate the spec file ... but it also creates a bit of a problem for me ;) Let me elaborate: I have stayed away from doing spec files, mostly because I can not ensure they are kept up to date. For that reason, nothing distro-specific is included in the "official source distribution".

If I now include the spec, it may outdate over time plus people come and ask how to work with it, getting us probably down to distro-specific things. I am not sure we want this (or do we want it - I am open to change if there are folks in the community who can commit to support these things [aka "I can not" ;)].

Or is there any other place where such things could be placed (external RPM repositories come to my mind)? I would be more than happy to link to the relevant places.

Again, I really value the contribution, I just do not know how to handle it best.

Rainer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of RB
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:31 AM
> To: rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
> Subject: [rsyslog] RPM spec file
> 
> I was building a virtual host the other day and noticed only
> rsyslog-2.0.0 is packaged for CentOS et. al.  Needless to say, I was
> rather disappointed and immediately whipped up something based on the
> 2.0.0 specfile.
> 
> Attached is a spec file for 3.21.4, but should be usable for most of
> the 3.x series.  YMMV, this has not been tested too terribly much.
> I'd appreciate a callback if anyone uses it or has a problem - I've
> done plenty of packaging, just not for RPM-based distros.
> 
> 
> RB