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pkgman
helps with building packages using a simple descriptor file
$ gem install pkgman
Create the descriptor file pkgman.yml
, e.g.
repositories:
rpms:
type: local
path: rpms
builds:
- from: source
name: ruby
version: 2.5.0
source: https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/{{ version | slice 0,3 }}/ruby-{{ version }}.tar.gz
configure:
- -disable-install-doc
targets:
- image: centos
version: 7
requires:
- openssl-devel
- libyaml-devel
- libffi-devel
- readline-devel
- zlib-devel
- gdbm-devel
- ncurses-devel
package:
- type: rpm
dependencies:
- openssl
- libyaml
- libffi
- readline
- zlib
- gdbm
- ncurses
- gmp
push:
- rpms
Builds Ruby 2.5.0 without documentation and saves the resulting RPM file into rpms
directory in current folder.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/marekjelen/pkgman.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
FAQs
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We found that pkgman demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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