-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Hooper Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:52 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Package Management John Dangler said: >> In reading the man pages for rpm, I didn't see a way to take a package >> currently in the rpm database and sync it with one that I've downloaded >> and installed from source. >RPM handles RPM packages. If you want to use the rpm database you must >create RPM packages of the new package. End of story. >If you just need to change compile time options, download the src.rpm >packages and rebuild them with your options. If you want newer versions, >use those src.rpms as a starting point. >Your other option is to deal with the dependencies yourself from source and >just not install RPMs. It seems that this would imply building my own repository of rpm's that I've installed. It makes sense, although when a newer srpm is introduced, that could present a problem... but, that may be the nature of the beast. -- William Hooper -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
