I think it would be great to reduce the barrier to entry as much as we can. Currently we have a deb package but not rpm. A savvy user can use alien to convert from one to another (with limitations), but I think simply having a downloadable rpm is the best way to go.

Is anyone here an expert on building rpms?


Thanks,

Andrei

I remember a post with instructions about this on digitalmars.D (or maybe d.announce). It might be helpful to find that post?

Ideally, we should get the D package incorporated into distributions. A debian package would get D into all downstream distributions, including ubuntu.

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On Jun 16, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at erdani.com> wrote:

> I think it would be great to reduce the barrier to entry as much as we can. Currently we have a deb package but not rpm. A savvy user can use alien to convert from one to another (with limitations), but I think simply having a downloadable rpm is the best way to go.
>
> Is anyone here an expert on building rpms?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei
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Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at ...> writes:

> 
> I think it would be great to reduce the barrier to entry as much as we can. Currently we have a deb package but not rpm. A savvy user can use alien to convert from one to another (with limitations), but I think simply having a downloadable rpm is the best way to go.
> 
> Is anyone here an expert on building rpms?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrei
> 


Will you settle for a novice on building rpms?

Here is a bash script which will convert a dmd zip distribution to rpm:

http://personal.utulsa.edu/~ellery-newcomer/dmd2rpm

usage:

$ dmd2rpm dmd.2.047.zip

I've only tested the resulting rpms on fedora 13, 32 bit and 64 bit, but it works nicely on each.

Note I wasn't sure what to put in the license slot, as well as a few others.

I also haven't looked at signing it, so installation would look something like

yum install dmd-2.047-1.i686.rpm --nogpgcheck

a yum repository would be nice for automatic upgrades..

That looks awesome. The script is solid, I'd only add this:

function trapZERR() {
     echo "Error $? detected, killing process $$" >&2
     kill $$
}

at the beginning. That way the script would die if any command returns a nonzero code.

I'll test the script as soon as I'll have an opportunity.

Thanks Ellery!

Andrei

Ellery Newcomer wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at ...> writes:
> 
>> I think it would be great to reduce the barrier to entry as much as we can. Currently we have a deb package but not rpm. A savvy user can use alien to convert from one to another (with limitations), but I think simply having a downloadable rpm is the best way to go.
>>
>> Is anyone here an expert on building rpms?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrei
>>
> 
> 
> Will you settle for a novice on building rpms?
> 
> Here is a bash script which will convert a dmd zip distribution to rpm:
> 
> http://personal.utulsa.edu/~ellery-newcomer/dmd2rpm
> 
> usage:
> 
> $ dmd2rpm dmd.2.047.zip
> 
> I've only tested the resulting rpms on fedora 13, 32 bit and 64 bit, but it works nicely on each.
> 
> Note I wasn't sure what to put in the license slot, as well as a few others.
> 
> I also haven't looked at signing it, so installation would look something like
> 
> yum install dmd-2.047-1.i686.rpm --nogpgcheck
> 
> a yum repository would be nice for automatic upgrades..
> 
> 
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Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>
>
>
> Will you settle for a novice on building rpms?
>
> Here is a bash script which will convert a dmd zip distribution to rpm:
>
> 

Great, I have it checked in now!

Cool! Where is it?

Andrei

Walter Bright wrote:
> 
> 
> Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Will you settle for a novice on building rpms?
>>
>> Here is a bash script which will convert a dmd zip distribution to rpm:
>>
>> 
> 
> Great, I have it checked in now!
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http://dsource.org/projects/dmd-installer

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Cool! Where is it?
>
> Andrei
>
> Walter Bright wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Will you settle for a novice on building rpms?
>>>
>>> Here is a bash script which will convert a dmd zip distribution to rpm:
>>>
>>> 
>>
>> Great, I have it checked in now!
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>> phobos at puremagic.com
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