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Building RPMs for EL
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Adam Bishop <[log in to unmask]>
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Adam Bishop <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:22:49 +0000
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Good Afternoon,

I have a couple of questions about how portable code built on various EL's is between OS's/versions.

If I build an RPM on SL6.1 from an arbitrary SRPM that has not been specifically targeted for EL6, has no distribution-specific, version-specific or renamed dependancies, how portable can I expect it to be?  

Would I just be able to drop it onto a CentOS6.2 or TUV6.0 system, for example, and have it just work.

Assuming the answer is no:
  * What steps/build settings/macros are needed to make it cross-version portable (SL 6.1, 6.0, 6.n)?
  * What steps/build settings/macros are needed to make it cross-distribution compatible (SL, CentOS, TUV, etc.)?

Thanks,

Adam Bishop
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