packing an rpm without source code?

[Erik Blankinship]

>
>
> >     You can't, it's against packaging guidelines
> >
> >     See: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Python#Source_files
> >
> >
> > While I appreciate and would like to respect the guidelines, is it
> > technically possible to create a python rpm without source?  This rpm
> > would only be distributed as a downloadable file (not via yum).
>
>

> Probably, just put the files in the right place and list them in %files.
> So long as it's not for public consumption, or complies with the
> licensing of the code.


Right - as long as it is complies with the licensing of the code it should
be okay.

I am not sure how to modify %files in my spec file to *remove* certain file
types.
Any suggestions how to do that?  My %files section is pretty basic right
now:

%files
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
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