[Peeweelinux] Adding Custom RPMS

vwbug19 [email protected]
Fri, 2 May 2003 00:35:00 -0400


those rpm has to be version for redhat 6.1 i learned that from it  and other
versions made for other redhat or other will not be extracted to tar and
list intresting idea by author



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Correy Edmed" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Peeweelinux] Adding Custom RPMS


> But how do you add them?
>
> If I were to add an rpm file to the rpm directory where will it extract
into a .list and .tar file?
>
> If so will it automatically appear within the "Configure Project File
System". I have tried adding rpm files to the /Embedded_Build/RPMS dir but
they are not extracted to a .tar or .list file nor can they be seen in
pwlconfig.
>
> Am I right in assuming that the "Configure Custom files" is not used for
configuring rpms?
>
> Thanks for a fast reply though
>
> Correy
>
>
>
> Adi Linden wrote:
>
> >pwlconfig extracts the rpm files into the .list and .tar files.
> >
> >Adi
> >
> >On Fri, 2 May 2003, Correy Edmed wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>I would like to get a few more programs working on peeweelinux. Namely
> >>sndconfig to configure my sound card and comedi to configure my PCM-3730
> >>I/O controller.
> >>
> >>I notice that the "Configure Custom Files" allows you to update single
> >>files or add whole directories however this is no good if you want to
> >>add an RPM or make install an application.
> >>
> >>I notice that "/Embedded_Build/RPMS" holds all the rpm files for the
> >>"Configure file system menu" which somehow have been loaded into a
> >>directory "/Embedded_Build/packages". If you enter one of these
> >>directories for arguments sake lets use "/Embedded_Build/RPMS/Editors"
> >>you would get the following listing:
> >>ee.list    e.tar    nano.list    nano.tar    vim-ncurses.list
> >>vim-ncurses.tar    vim.list    vim.tar
> >>
> >>SO THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION IS -  How do I take an RPM file for eg
> >>"sndconfig-0.43-1.i386.rpm" (Redhat 6.2 file) and add it to say the
> >>directory /Embedded_Build/packages/Applications_Sound in the format
> >>"sndconfig.tar sndconfig.list?
> >>
> >>So that when I launch ./pwlconfig and go into Configure file systems and
> >>then enter Applications_Sound I will have the option of selecting
sndconfig?
> >>
> >>Would be great if someone could do a HOWTO for this question because it
> >>is never dealt with fully in the archives however I would love to be
> >>proved wrong.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>Correy
> >>
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