On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 07:49, Daniel Stonier wrote: > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:37:04 +0100, Wengrzik, Andreas <Wengrzik@xxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > Anyone knows this line: > > > > rpm -ba ?? > > > > Redhat 9 (I think, maybe 8?) separated the commands for unpacking and > repacking rpms. Previously > rpm -ba was to build an rpm from a spec file. You now need to use the > rpmbuild function. > > If you're dealing with a source rpm, just type in > > rpmbuild --rebuild xxxx.srpm > > It will dump rpm's in your /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/ix86 directory. > Make sure you are root when you do this. Or you can create the file $HOME/.rpmmacros with something like this: %_topdir /home/robert/rpm > Cheers, > Daniel
