Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

I build a native package for a couple of reasons:

So that the package data base stays up to date, and you don't accidentally install a conflicting package down the road that might break ;
so that the package manager tells me before I try to build if I am missing anything.

Building an rpm shouldn't be that bad, especially if you can modify the spec file from the existing version. Then its a matter of letting rpmbuild do all the heavy lifting. However, I understand your concern. Unfortunately, I can't tell you about the tar build, since I built a deb for the new version until the Debian package maintainer brought out an official one.

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Timothy Omer <Tim AT twoit.co DOT uk> wrote:

Hi Alexander,

Yes I'm sure that's possible, but I don't really need to go to the hassle of building my own RPM for one computer and lack the knowledge \ don't have the confidence to build one and offer it to others. Would be more happy doing just the Tar install, but need to be sure I know what im letting myself in for!

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