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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by mi...@apache.org on 2011/12/19 03:49:54 UTC
svn commit: r1220592 - in /httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x: ./
docs/manual/platform/rpm.html.en
Author: minfrin
Date: Mon Dec 19 02:49:54 2011
New Revision: 1220592
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1220592&view=rev
Log:
Add further explanation on RPM packaging.
Modified:
httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/ (props changed)
httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/platform/rpm.html.en
Propchange: httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/
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--- svn:mergeinfo (original)
+++ svn:mergeinfo Mon Dec 19 02:49:54 2011
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
/httpd/httpd/branches/revert-ap-ldap:1150158-1150173
/httpd/httpd/branches/wombat-integration:723609-723841
-/httpd/httpd/trunk:1201042,1201111,1201194,1201198,1201202,1202236,1202456,1202886,1203859,1204630,1204968,1204990,1205061,1205075,1205379,1205885,1206291,1206587,1206850,1207719,1208753,1208835,1209053,1209085,1209417,1209432,1209461,1209601,1209603,1209618,1209623,1209741,1209754,1209766,1209776,1209797-1209798,1209811-1209812,1209814,1209908,1209910,1209913,1209916-1209917,1209947,1209952,1210080,1210124,1210130,1210219,1210221,1210252,1210284,1210378,1210725,1210892,1210951,1210954,1211528,1211663,1211680,1212883,1213338,1213567,1214003,1214005,1214015,1220462,1220467,1220493,1220524
+/httpd/httpd/trunk:1201042,1201111,1201194,1201198,1201202,1202236,1202456,1202886,1203859,1204630,1204968,1204990,1205061,1205075,1205379,1205885,1206291,1206587,1206850,1207719,1208753,1208835,1209053,1209085,1209417,1209432,1209461,1209601,1209603,1209618,1209623,1209741,1209754,1209766,1209776,1209797-1209798,1209811-1209812,1209814,1209908,1209910,1209913,1209916-1209917,1209947,1209952,1210080,1210124,1210130,1210219,1210221,1210252,1210284,1210378,1210725,1210892,1210951,1210954,1211528,1211663,1211680,1212883,1213338,1213567,1214003,1214005,1214015,1220462,1220467,1220493,1220524,1220570
Modified: httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/platform/rpm.html.en
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/platform/rpm.html.en?rev=1220592&r1=1220591&r2=1220592&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/platform/rpm.html.en (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/platform/rpm.html.en Mon Dec 19 02:49:54 2011
@@ -22,8 +22,17 @@
</div>
+ <p>While many distributions make Apache httpd available as operating system
+ supported packages, it can sometimes be desirable to install and use the
+ canonical version of Apache httpd on these systems, replacing the natively
+ provided versions of the packages.</p>
+
+ <p>While the Apache httpd project does not currently create binary RPMs
+ for the various distributions out there, it is easy to build your own
+ binary RPMs from the native Apache httpd tarball.</p>
+
<p>This document explains how to build, install, configure and run
- Apache 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format.</p>
+ Apache httpd 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format.</p>
</div>
<div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#creating">Creating a Source RPM</a></li>
@@ -56,6 +65,12 @@
rpmbuild -tb httpd-2.4.x.tar.bz2
</code></p></div>
+ <p>Corresponding "-devel" packages will be required to be installed on your
+ build system prior to building the RPMs, the <code>rpmbuild</code> command
+ will automatically calculate what RPMs are required and will list any
+ dependencies that are missing on your system. These "-devel" packages will
+ not be required after the build is completed, and can be safely removed.</p>
+
<p>If successful, the following RPMs will be created:</p>
<dl>