Fetching and building dependencies automatically

[Brian Candler]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:32:54AM +1100, Alex Kruchkoff wrote:
> Brian,
> 
> You can install RHEL 4 compatible rpm from ATrpms:
> 
> perl-SOAP-Lite.noarch                    0.69-5.el4.at          atrpms
> 
> http://atrpms.net

OK, that's interesting.

However, I'd still like to have repeatability. That means either:

1. I store locally the spec files (frozen at whatever version I like)
or
2. I store locally the .src.rpm bundles

But in either case, I need a command to build package X which will
automatically build and install its build-time dependencies.

In any case I want to be able to build our own in-house developed packages
as RPMs for deployment onto live systems. Again, I want this to be fully
repeatable: enter one command, all dependencies are built as necessary.

What method does atrpms.net use to build its packages?

Regards,

Brian.