From: Graham Leggett <minfrin@apache.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:52:07 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Backport.
X-Git-Tag: 2.4.0~60
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=277631f2218d609a71f5009e12d555cd883d1b13;p=thirdparty%2Fapache%2Fhttpd.git

Backport.
Add further explanation on RPM packaging.


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1220593 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/platform/rpm.xml b/docs/manual/platform/rpm.xml
index d8c172568a3..8c05d1bab73 100644
--- a/docs/manual/platform/rpm.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/platform/rpm.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,17 @@
 
   <summary>
 
+    <p>While many distributions make Apache httpd available as operating system
+    supported packages, it can sometimes be desirable to install and use the
+    canonical version of Apache httpd on these systems, replacing the natively
+    provided versions of the packages.</p>
+
+    <p>While the Apache httpd project does not currently create binary RPMs
+    for the various distributions out there, it is easy to build your own
+    binary RPMs from the native Apache httpd tarball.</p>
+
     <p>This document explains how to build, install, configure and run
-    Apache 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format.</p>
+    Apache httpd 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format.</p>
 
   </summary>
 
@@ -54,6 +63,12 @@
       rpmbuild -tb httpd-2.4.x.tar.bz2
     </example>
 
+    <p>Corresponding "-devel" packages will be required to be installed on your
+    build system prior to building the RPMs, the <code>rpmbuild</code> command
+    will automatically calculate what RPMs are required and will list any
+    dependencies that are missing on your system. These "-devel" packages will
+    not be required after the build is completed, and can be safely removed.</p>
+
     <p>If successful, the following RPMs will be created:</p>
 
     <dl>