Changes between Version 41 and Version 42 of RpmHowToPackagers

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 Also, there is a Fedora [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html-single/RPM_Guide/ RPM Guide] that may be used as an RPM reference documentation.
 
-If you package cross-platform open-source software, there is a great chance that a .spec file for it already exists and it is a good idea to take it as a base and adapt to OS/2 as needed instead of creating a new one from scratch. The best source for .spec files is Fedora (it has RPMs for virtually each and every open source project) and all it's .spec files are available online: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/. In fact, the majority of OS/2 .spec files are created from Fedora .spec files so you should check this source first and only proceed with other ways of creating .spec if you fail to find one there. The repository is very big but there is a search field to the left that allows you quickly navigate to the needed .spec file by project/library name.
+If you package cross-platform open-source software, there is a great chance that a .spec file for it already exists and it is a good idea to take it as a base and adapt to OS/2 as needed instead of creating a new one from scratch. The best source for .spec files is Fedora (it has RPMs for virtually each and every open source project) and all its .spec files are available online: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/. In fact, the majority of OS/2 .spec files are created from Fedora .spec files so you should check this source first and only proceed with other ways of creating .spec if you fail to find one there. The repository is very big but there is a search field in the top right corner that allows you quickly navigate to the needed .spec file by project/library name.
 
 If, for some reason, you fail to find the right .spec file in the Fedora repository (which is unlikely), you may try to search it in other places using the RPM find services like [http://rpm.pbone.net/ rpm.pbone.net] or [http://www.rpmfind.net www.rpmfind.net]. Enter the name of your package, and choose a distribution: prefer Fedora (see above) or OpenSUSE if Fedora is not available. Select your package from the left link, you will get a page with all details; one of them is the .src.rpm package, it contains the spec file, platform specific patches, package sources (in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz format). Use  unrpm.cmd (check bootstrap directory) to extract all files to a temporary location.