Commit f0cd0ad9 authored by Riccardo Magliocchetti's avatar Riccardo Magliocchetti Committed by Paul Ganssle

Document that rpmbuild is required for bdist_rpm (#1547)

Document that rpmbuild is required for bdist_rpm

Refs #1456
parent a50f09b9
Documented that the ``rpmbuild`` packages is required for the ``bdist_rpm`` command.
...@@ -1333,6 +1333,10 @@ Creating System Packages ...@@ -1333,6 +1333,10 @@ Creating System Packages
``bdist_deb`` command is an example of a command that currently requires ``bdist_deb`` command is an example of a command that currently requires
this kind of patching to work with setuptools. 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 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 your project, please report the problem via the mailing list so that
either the "bdist" tool in question or setuptools can be modified to either the "bdist" tool in question or setuptools can be modified to
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