registering non-rpm programs?

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 01:05 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 04:53:26AM +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > > I'm running FC3. I have a couple of programs that are not available as 
> > > rpms that I had to install from source. I was just wondering if there is 
> > > a way to register them so that, for example, rpm -q myprogram would give 
> > > correct results. Does anyone has experience with that?
> > http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/
> 
> A good suggestion.
Sorry, I have to disagree - IMO, checkinstall is just a kludge, which in
longer terms does more harm to your system, than it helps.

Ralf