This is a really simple spec file that lets me build the dratted thing with a minimum of fuss. Twisted tarball is the one from http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads.
%define name python-twisted %define version 10.1.0 %define release 1 %{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")} Summary: Event-based framework for internet applications Name: %{name} Version: %{version} Release: %{release} Source0: Twisted-%{version}.tar.bz2 License: MIT Group: Development/Libraries BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot Prefix: %{_prefix} BuildArch: i386 Vendor: Your Name Url: http://twistedmatrix.com/ BuildRequires: python-devel Requires: python Requires: python-zope-interface Obsoletes: python-twisted-core %description See summary. %prep %setup -q -c %build cd Twisted-10.1.0 %{__python} setup.py build %install cd Twisted-10.1.0 %{__python} setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT %clean rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT %files %defattr(-,root,root) %{python_sitelib}/twisted %{_bindir}