[cups.general] where binaries?

Todd and Margo Chester ToddAndMargo at gbis.com
Thu Oct 19 10:03:57 PDT 2006


Michael Sweet wrote:
> Todd and Margo Chester wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>>    Okay.  I give up.  The download pages says to
>> "google" for the binaries.  I have just googled
>> my eyes out.  Not on pbone.  Not on rpmfind.net.
>> No where to be found.
>>
>>    I need the rpm for CentOS 4.4 (same as Red Hat
>> Enterprise Linux 4.4, except cheaper and less
>> condescension).  (CentOS's rpm is about seven
>> revisions out of date.)
>>
>>    Can I make my own from the tar ball?  Where
>> can I download rpm's from?  I will even take src rpm!
> 
> As shown on the download page:
> 
>      rpmbuild -ta cups-1.2.4-source.tar.{gz|bz2}
> 
> Since CentOS 4.x (and RHEL 4.x) don't have a current version of
> DBUS, you'll want to use the --without-dbus option:
> 
>      rpmbuild -ta cups-1.2.4-source.tar.{gz|bz2} --without-dbus
> 
> Once we get 1.2.5 out the door, you won't need the --without-dbus
> option...
> 

Thank you!  I always love it when developers use the
"rpmbuild -ta" option.  It means they pay close
attention to details, usually more than just the
building of RPM's.  :-)

Where did you find this documentation?  On

          http://cups.org/software.php#BINARIES

It only gives this cheesy statement:

      Binaries:

      A MacOS X Universal Binary package for MacOS X 10.4
      and higher can be downloaded from this page (cups-*.dmg).
      Binaries for other operating systems are available on
      the CUPS Companion CD. Free binaries may be available
      elsewhere - search Google to find them.

Many, many thanks,
-T





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