>My question, for somebody with more experience than me, is: >Is the rpm package management system incompatible with compilation/installation >directly from source? >Could this be solved by a 'rpm --rebuilddb' after compiling the sources?
Please use text and not HTML to send emails to any mailing lists. Yes, RPM package management is incompatible with stand alone source tarballs. There is an an rpm-list mailing list, and also www.rpm.org if you wish to look into creating your own RPM packages. Marco -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list