lfs-rpmify/README.md

Building RPM in LFS 12.2

This git is for the scripts needed to build the dependencies for the RPM Package Manager (RPM) within a LFS 12.2 system. This is ‘Phase Three’ in THE-PLAN.md.

Dependency One: UnZip

Justification: Needed to build SQLite 3 (to unpack the documentation). No build dependencies outside of LFS.

• Script: 01-unzip.sh
• Status: Script Works

Dependency Two: SQLite3

Justification: Needed to build RPM itself. Depends upon UnZip for documentation.

• Script: 02-sqlite3.sh
• Status: Script Works

Dependency Three: libgpg-error

Justification: Needed to build libgcrypt. No build dependencies outside of LFS.

• Script: 03-libgpg-error.sh
• Status: Script Works

Dependency Four: libgcrypt

Justification: Needed to build RPM itself. Depends upon libgpg-error.

• Script: 04-libgcrypt.sh
• Status: Script Works

Dependency Five: popt

Justification: Needed to build RPM itself. No build dependencies outside of LFS.

• Script: 05-popt.sh
• Status: Script Works

Dependency Six: ICU

Justification: Needed to build libxml2.

• Script: 06-icu.sh
• Status: Script Untested

Dependency Seven: libxml2

Justification: Needed for libarchive.

• Script: 07-libxml2.sh
• Status: Script Untested