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diff --git a/Misc/RPM/README b/Misc/RPM/README deleted file mode 100644 index d883c95..0000000 --- a/Misc/RPM/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -This directory contains support file used to build RPM releases of -Python. Its contents are maintained by Sean Reifschneider -<jafo@tummy.com>. - -If you wish to build RPMs from the base Python release tar-file, note -that you will have to download the -"doc/<version>/html-<version>.tar.bz2" -file from python.org and place it into your "SOURCES" directory for -the build to complete. This is the same directory that you place the -Python-2.3.1 release tar-file in. You can then use the ".spec" file in -this directory to build RPMs. - -You may also wish to pursue RPMs provided by distribution makers to see if -they have one suitable for your uses. If, for example, you just want a -slightly newer version of Python than what the distro provides, you could -pick up the closest SRPM your distro provides, and then modify it to -the newer version, and build that. It may be as simple as just changing -the "version" information in the spec file (or it may require fixing -patches). - -NOTE: I am *NOT* recommending just using the binary RPM, and never do an -install with "--force" or "--nodeps". - -Also worth pursuing may be newer versions provided by similar distros. For -example, a Python 3 SRPM from Fedora may be a good baseline to try building -on CentOS. - -Many newer SRPMs won't install on older distros because of format changes. -You can manually extract these SRPMS with: - - mkdir foo - cd foo - rpm2cpio <../python3-*.src.rpm | cpio -ivd |