WebDAV RPMS
WebDAV is going to be a part of my build environment. I will use it publish web archives and Javadoc from Ant. This keeps me from having to mess around with Ant’s flakier tasks like SSH, SCP, or FTP. I’ll specify an artifact output directory that is a mounted WebDAV directory when it comes time to publish.
Problem was that I was unable to build WebDAV on Fedora Core 4.
This is the second time I’ve encountered this. I totally forgot what I did the first time.
I’ll want to restore this in a reinstall. I want any hacks to build under Fedora Core 4 to be recorded, so I can get a system that needs WebDAV up and running. I don’t want to waste brain storage, which has already provide unreliable.
I decided to take the opportunity to author an RPM, my first. Got to learn how to create patches for RPMs and apply them during the build. I added a pre install to add a startup script that will load a necessary kernel module, coda, or edit the existing startup script, rc.modules, if it exists. There is pre uninstall script that will do it’s best to put things back the way they were.
The RPM and SRPM are found in my repository of stuff at http://engrm.com/repository/davfs/. Use at your own risk. If it works for you, shoot me an e-mail message a alan@engrm.com. And any questions as well.