[ale] how to slurp the rpm juice

[Beddingfield, Allen]

It is much better to stick with the version that ships with the OS, and let the folks at SUSE deal with testing patches, etc... If that is not possible, because of a need for a newer version, you should add a repo from OpenSUSE build service that corresponds to your sp level and architecture of SLES, and add in your customizations, staying within the modular configuration conventions. Source rpms are also available.
If you are making customizations, maybe you should create an obs account and build your rpms there.
Try not to do it manually if you don't have to. The task of updating packages and testing is already being done by SUSE.
Allen B.


From: Narahari 'n' Savitha [mailto:savithari at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 09:20 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] how to slurp the rpm juice

Friends:

On SLES software is installed using rpm.  But then you can install the rpm with
rpm -iv or yast -i or even zypper (I am not that smart, answer is courtesy Allen)

My requirement is this

There is the base tomcat rpm provided on the web which is vanilla version.

We have gone ahead and customized the tomcat with

more jars in the  lib folder in addition to the existing jars from vanilla version
added thirdLibs folder under TOMCAT_HOME (/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.37)
added axisLib under TOMCAT_HOME
added wsLib under TOMCAT_HOME
modified the .sh file under the bin folder
modified the props and xml files under the conf folder

I am to build an rpm only of the DELTAS.

Determining the DELTAS is itself a task-at-hand which I will have to resolve some how.

Once I determine that I plan to .tar.gz that and create an rpm from it.

creating rpm's is a diff question which I am already working on.

Is there a higher level packaging than rpm  or that rpm is it ?


Thank you for your time and attention.

-N
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