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<font style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It is much better to stick with the version that ships with the OS, and let the folks at SUSE deal with testing patches, etc... If that is not possible, because of a need for a
newer version, you should add a repo from OpenSUSE build service that corresponds to your sp level and architecture of SLES, and add in your customizations, staying within the modular configuration conventions. Source rpms are also available.<br>
If you are making customizations, maybe you should create an obs account and build your rpms there.<br>
Try not to do it manually if you don't have to. The task of updating packages and testing is already being done by SUSE.<br>
Allen B.<br>
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<font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><b>From</b>: Narahari 'n' Savitha [mailto:savithari@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent</b>: Thursday, May 30, 2013 09:20 PM<br>
<b>To</b>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale@ale.org> <br>
<b>Subject</b>: [ale] how to slurp the rpm juice <br>
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<div style="">On SLES software is installed using rpm. But then you can install the rpm with </div>
<div style="">rpm -iv or yast -i or even zypper (I am not that smart, answer is courtesy Allen)</div>
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<div style="">My requirement is this</div>
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<div style="">There is the base tomcat rpm provided on the web which is vanilla version.</div>
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<div style="">We have gone ahead and customized the tomcat with</div>
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<div style="">more jars in the lib folder in addition to the existing jars from vanilla version</div>
<div style="">added thirdLibs folder under TOMCAT_HOME (/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.37)</div>
<div style="">added axisLib under TOMCAT_HOME</div>
<div style="">added wsLib under TOMCAT_HOME</div>
<div style="">modified the .sh file under the bin folder </div>
<div style="">modified the props and xml files under the conf folder</div>
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<div style="">I am to build an rpm only of the DELTAS.</div>
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<div style="">Determining the DELTAS is itself a task-at-hand which I will have to resolve some how.</div>
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<div style="">Once I determine that I plan to .tar.gz that and create an rpm from it.</div>
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<div style="">creating rpm's is a diff question which I am already working on.</div>
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<div style="">Is there a higher level packaging than rpm or that rpm is it ?</div>
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<div style="">Thank you for your time and attention.</div>
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<div style="">-N</div>
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