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paradigm. 'How is the RPM built?' is a multifaceted question. The
obvious simple answer is that I maintain:</P>
<P>1.) A set of patches to make certain portions of the source tree
'behave' in the different environment of the RPMset;</P>
<OL>
<LI>A set of patches to make certain portions of the source tree
'behave' in the different environment of the RPMset;</LI>
<P>2.) The initscript;</P>
<LI>2.) The initscript;</LI>
<P>3.) Any other ancilliary scripts and files;</P>
<LI>3.) Any other ancilliary scripts and files;</LI>
<P>4.) A README.rpm-dist document that tries to adequately document
<LI>4.) A README.rpm-dist document that tries to adequately document
both the differences between the RPM build and the WHY of the
differences, as well as useful RPM environment operations (like,
using syslog, upgrading, getting postmaster to start at OS boot,
etc);</P>
<P>5.) The spec file that throws it all together. This is not a
trivial undertaking in a package of this size.</P>
etc);</LI>
<LI>5.) The spec file that throws it all together. This is not a
trivial undertaking in a package of this size.</LI>
</OL>
<P>I then download and build on as many different canonical
distributions as I can -- currently I am able to build on Red Hat
6.2, 7.0, and 7.1 on my personal hardware. Occasionally I receive