> I think that what Jeremy meant was that you ought to use the subst
> framework rather than calling sed directly.  Grep for SUBST_CLASSES in
> the existing packages; those will serve you as examples.
> 
> Also, creating a file from the installation stage is somewhat "incorrect".
> You should run sed in the 'do-build' target, create the file in the work
> directory and only then, during installation, install it.  This way build
> problems are separated from install ones.

How does this interact with rpm2pkg ?  The original chat/ymessenger used it
in the install phase; the file I need to sed doesn't appear under the work
directory after either 'make' or 'make install'.

Should the existing package have used rpm2pkg differently?

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Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ toddpw.org