/Misc/RPM/README

 1This directory contains support file used to build RPM releases of
 2Python.  Its contents are maintained by Sean Reifschneider
 3<jafo@tummy.com>.
 4
 5It is recommended that RPM builders use the python*.src.rpm file
 6downloaded from the "ftp.python.org:/pub/python/<version>/rpms".  These
 7may be more up to date than the files included in the base Python
 8release tar-file.
 9
10If you wish to build RPMs from the base Python release tar-file, note
11that you will have to download the
12"doc/<version>/html-<version>.tar.bz2"
13file from python.org and place it into your "SOURCES" directory for
14the build to complete.  This is the same directory that you place the
15Python-2.3.1 release tar-file in.  You can then use the ".spec" file in
16this directory to build RPMs.