Document that rpmbuild is required for bdist_rpm (#1547)

Document that rpmbuild is required for bdist_rpm Refs #1456

Document that rpmbuild is required for bdist_rpm (#1547)
Document that rpmbuild is required for bdist_rpm Refs #1456
f0cd0ad9 · Riccardo Magliocchetti · Paul Ganssle · a50f09b9 · f0cd0ad9 · f0cd0ad9
Commit f0cd0ad9 authored Oct 30, 2018 by Riccardo Magliocchetti Committed by Paul Ganssle Oct 30, 2018
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+Documented that the ``rpmbuild`` packages is required for the ``bdist_rpm`` command.
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@@ -1333,6 +1333,10 @@ Creating System Packages
    ``bdist_deb`` command is an example of a command that currently requires
    this kind of patching to work with setuptools.

+    Please note that building system packages may require you to install
+    some system software, for example ``bdist_rpm`` requires the ``rpmbuild``
+    command installed.
+
    If you or your users have a problem building a usable system package for
    your project, please report the problem via the mailing list so that
    either the "bdist" tool in question or setuptools can be modified to