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curprev 14:1814:18, 4 February 2012‎ Sagitter talk contribs‎ 78,136 bytes +2‎ →‎Quick test with rpmlint
curprev 07:3307:33, 4 February 2012‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 78,134 bytes +1‎ →‎For more information

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curprev 14:2414:24, 16 January 2012‎ Mshuler talk contribs‎ m 77,976 bytes +32‎ corrected subpackage documentation link

curprev 02:3402:34, 15 November 2011‎ Anth0nyj talk contribs‎ 77,944 bytes +1‎ →‎%files Basics

curprev 14:1214:12, 14 November 2011‎ Anth0nyj talk contribs‎ 77,943 bytes +3‎ →‎%prep section

curprev 10:0710:07, 7 September 2011‎ Sundaram talk contribs‎ 77,940 bytes −129‎ update this guide a bit

curprev 07:5307:53, 9 July 2011‎ Bruno talk contribs‎ m 78,069 bytes −1‎ Fix typo

curprev 05:1705:17, 26 May 2011‎ Cigerma talk contribs‎ 78,070 bytes −5‎ →‎Reuse existing package information

curprev 17:2417:24, 8 May 2011‎ Marionline talk contribs‎ 78,075 bytes −75‎ Fix "Other Languages" problems

curprev 13:2913:29, 1 May 2011‎ Elad talk contribs‎ 78,150 bytes −480‎ Undo revision 234569 by Faithman (Talk) You should not translate in the same page
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curprev 02:5602:56, 7 April 2011‎ Galileo talk contribs‎ m 78,150 bytes +4‎ →‎The basics of building RPM packages
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curprev 19:1019:10, 22 February 2011‎ Bcotton talk contribs‎ 78,160 bytes +32‎ →‎For more information
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curprev 11:1411:14, 6 February 2011‎ Mariobl talk contribs‎ 78,096 bytes −8‎ →‎HOWTO zum Erstellen von Paketen
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curprev 14:5014:50, 24 January 2011‎ Renich talk contribs‎ 78,059 bytes −10‎ Undo revision 217015 by Renich (Talk)
curprev 14:3614:36, 24 January 2011‎ Renich talk contribs‎ 78,069 bytes +10‎ specified clearer second operand on the diff section

curprev 12:2012:20, 20 January 2011‎ Sparks talk contribs‎ 78,059 bytes −9‎ →‎Reuse existing package information: Fixed broken link

curprev 05:2305:23, 2 January 2011‎ Kaio talk contribs‎ 78,068 bytes +6‎ update translation link
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curprev 11:1111:11, 20 September 2010‎ Marcstewart talk contribs‎ m 78,056 bytes 0‎ →‎An example: eject: Fixed comma splice
curprev 10:4810:48, 20 September 2010‎ Marcstewart talk contribs‎ m 78,056 bytes +2‎ →‎Reuse existing package information: Alternately -> alternatively
curprev 10:3310:33, 20 September 2010‎ Marcstewart talk contribs‎ m 78,054 bytes 0‎ →‎The basics of building RPM packages: prestine -> pristine
curprev 10:3110:31, 20 September 2010‎ Marcstewart talk contribs‎ m 78,054 bytes 0‎ →‎The basics of building RPM packages: series *of* steps

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curprev 22:0122:01, 7 June 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 78,005 bytes +97‎ →‎Miscellaneous hints
curprev 21:5821:58, 7 June 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 77,908 bytes +205‎ Note BuildArch: noarch

curprev 17:1317:13, 25 May 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 77,703 bytes +376‎ Add new "Finding duplicates" subsection

curprev 06:3306:33, 11 May 2010‎ Supercyper talk contribs‎ m 77,327 bytes 0‎ fix wrong %{_sharedstatedir} macro

curprev 03:0703:07, 10 April 2010‎ Przemekklosowski talk contribs‎ 77,327 bytes −4‎ →‎Scriptlets

curprev 22:0422:04, 6 April 2010‎ Przemekklosowski talk contribs‎ 77,331 bytes +369‎ →‎%files prefixes
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curprev 21:0221:02, 6 April 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 76,627 bytes +211‎ →‎Creating Package HOWTO: Add cross-link to "A Short RPM Tutorial"

curprev 19:5919:59, 27 January 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 68,877 bytes +808‎ Discuss when you shouldn't use the %doc prefix
curprev 17:5317:53, 27 January 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 68,069 bytes +127‎ →‎For more information: Add Cambridge presentation

curprev 22:1422:14, 26 January 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 67,942 bytes +142‎ →‎Testing RPMs you've built

curprev 01:4501:45, 25 January 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 67,800 bytes +383‎ Add notes about auto-buildrequires

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curprev 00:1600:16, 18 January 2010‎ Alexlan talk contribs‎ m 67,006 bytes +16‎ →‎Creating Package HOWTO
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curprev 18:4318:43, 11 January 2010‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 67,320 bytes +136‎ →‎Miscellaneous hints: Add reference to Fedora packaging guidelines for .desktop files (this was a question on the devel mailing list)

curprev 15:5415:54, 14 September 2009‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 67,184 bytes +116‎ →‎%install section: Warn that "manual installs" can easily go wrong on updates

curprev 20:0120:01, 9 September 2009‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ m 67,068 bytes +111‎ →‎%install section: Improve discussion of %makeinstall (including why it shouldn't be used if DESTDIR works)

curprev 13:0113:01, 22 June 2009‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 64,733 bytes +450‎ Add small section on maintaining packages, primarily links to other pages.

curprev 10:5110:51, 18 June 2009‎ Dtimms talk contribs‎ m 64,283 bytes +185‎ mention the yumdownloader way to get a src package and tidy up the example a bit

curprev 19:1819:18, 1 May 2009‎ Edwintb talk contribs‎ 64,098 bytes 0‎ →‎%prep section: %patch commands: switched order of current and original for subdirectory diffs

curprev 15:0615:06, 28 April 2009‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 64,098 bytes +84‎ →‎Creating Package HOWTO
curprev 15:0315:03, 28 April 2009‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 64,014 bytes +2‎ →‎Setting up your system and account: Fix word

curprev 08:0008:00, 21 April 2009‎ Sundaram talk contribs‎ 64,012 bytes +150‎ No edit summary

curprev 20:1520:15, 6 April 2009‎ Scop talk contribs‎ 63,862 bytes +80‎ →‎Spec file pieces explained: Clarify Requires explanation (#494422)

curprev 21:1821:18, 13 March 2009‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 63,782 bytes +338‎ →‎Helpful tools: Note yumdownloader.

curprev 03:5803:58, 24 February 2009‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 63,444 bytes +255‎ →‎%build section: Mention libdir

curprev 21:4721:47, 22 February 2009‎ Laubersm talk contribs‎ m 63,189 bytes 0‎ PackageMaintainers/CreatingPackageHowTo moved to How to create an RPM package: wiki cleanup

curprev 17:4617:46, 21 February 2009‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 63,189 bytes +73‎ →‎%build section
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curprev 19:1919:19, 27 January 2009‎ Mapleoin talk contribs‎ m 63,022 bytes −1‎ →‎An example: eject: removed dot at the end of Summary which contradicts the next paragraph

curprev 02:5302:53, 22 January 2009‎ Laubersm talk contribs‎ 63,023 bytes +19‎ add Category:How to
curprev 02:5102:51, 22 January 2009‎ Laubersm talk contribs‎ 63,004 bytes +34‎ add Category:Package Maintainers

curprev 19:0719:07, 12 December 2008‎ Dwheeler talk contribs‎ 62,222 bytes +171‎ →‎Creating a blank spec file

curprev 12:4212:42, 13 October 2008‎ Tmz talk contribs‎ 62,051 bytes +474‎ Add information on rpmdev-newspec for creating new spec files; also note the vim version that first included automatic spec file template creation