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+  This directory contains scripts and helpers used to create RPM packages.
+  The name "redhat" is because Red Hat created the RPM format. That's the
+same reason why the directory to create the .deb files is called "debian"
+even when a lot of small distros based on Debian are available.
+
+  The librhtv.spec.in file is a template to create the real spec file. The
+real file is created by the configuration script. If you need to do it
+manually just look for names enclosed by @, like @version@ and replace them
+by the proper values (currently only version needs it). The copy the file to
+librhtv-@version@.spec (i.e. librhtv-2.0.2.spec).
+
+  The spec file was contributed by Michel Catudal <bbcat@users.sf.net>.
+  I include this file to help people to create their own RPM files. This is
+really important because a lot of important Linux distros uses it (Red Hat,
+SuSE, Mandrake, etc.) and RPM packages generated for one of them doesn't have
+to be useful for the other.
+
+  Here is how to use the spec file:
+
+I. THE EASY WAY
+===============
+
+  This procedure is really rigid and could be incorrect for your system. In
+particular it assumes all will compile ok and nothing will fail. For this
+reason I also explain it step by step in point (II).
+
+  To create the RPM files just execute:
+
+$ redhat/create-rpms.sh
+
+  Then look for the RPMs in ~/rpm/RPMS/i386/
+  I'm looking for volunteers to make this script more flexible.
+  IMPORTANT! The script temporally changes your ~/.rpmacros file, please
+back-up it if you have valuable information there. The script creates a
+back-up and restores the original file but it could fail.
+
+II. STEP BY STEP
+================
+
+1) Choose a directory to create the files. If you are root you can use the
+default directories for your system. If not I recommend using a directory
+located in your home directory. I provide a small script that creates the
+directories for you: create-dirs.sh
+
+$ redhat/create-dirs.sh
+
+Note: In the rest of the examples I assume you used your home directory.
+
+2) Configure rpmbuild to use the created directories:
+
+$ redhat/config-rpm.sh
+
+Note: You can skip it if you are root or you alredy configured rpmbuild.
+
+3) Create a tarball containing the sources:
+
+$ cd linux; ./compress --use-bzip2 --dir-version; cd ..
+$ mv ../rhtvision-`cat version.txt`.src.tar.bz2 ~/rpm/SOURCES/librhtv-`cat version.txt`.tar.bz2
+
+Note: ~/rpm/SOURCES should be replaced if you are not using your home
+directory.
+
+4) Invoke rpmbuild to create the package:
+
+$ rpmbuild -bb redhat/librhtv-`cat version.txt`.spec
+
+Hopefuly you'll get the result in ~/rpm/RPMS/
+You just need to install them changing to `root' user.
+
+*****************************************************************************
+Note 1: The specs doesn't allow building two RPM packages at the same time if
+they use the same root directory.
+
+Note 2: If you want to use a directory different than ~/rpm you can use:
+[bash syntax]
+
+$ mkdir /tmp/example
+$ export SET_RPM_DIR=/tmp/example
+