RE: RPM spec file

[Joe Friedeggs <friedeggs44@hotmail.com>]

>> On Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:38:05 Joe Friedeggs wrote:
>>> I need to build a Red Hat rpm for the latest OpenLDAP release. I am
>>> looking for spec file, howto page, or anything else that might speed up
>>> this project. Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> There is also:
>>
>> http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/rhel5/openldap/
>>
>
> Thanks Buchan.  I see RPMs of the later OpenLDAP versions are
> labeled 'openldap2'.  Is this just a naming convention change, a
> work-around done for Red Hat, due to configuration file changes (similar
> to freeradius' explanation for freeradius2 at
> http://wiki.freeradius.org/Red_Hat_FAQ#Current_Pre-built_RPM.27s_for_RHEL_5_and_CentOS_5)?
> If not, what does the '2' designate?
>

Oops.  I see now that is not 'openldap2' but 'openldap2.4'.  I see you are now just adding the version in the name?  Why the change?  Why openldap2.4-2.4.20-1.el5.i386 instead of just openldap-2.4.20-1.el5.i386 (seems redundant)?

Thanks,
Joe

>
>
>> Regards,
>> Buchan
>
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