On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 07:49:03AM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:38 AM -0500 akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >You place the > >src.rpm in the directory /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS (this is not essential > >but makes things more organized). Then you process the file by > >running: rpm -ivh ...src.rpm > > Not exactly. /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS is an *output* directory where an SRPM > is generated from a set of source tarballs, patches, and a spec file. You > can toss the original SRPM (.src.rpm) wherever is convenient. I like to put > mine in /usr/src/redhat/Downloads/<source>, eg. > /usr/src/redhat/Downloads/Fedora/4/updates, and then rebuild from there. If > you then run "rpmbuild -ba foo.src.rpm", the new repackaged foo.src.rpm > will be written to /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS. > I agree that a src.rpm file can be put anywhere. However, if a foo.src.rpm is not a source rpm what is it? Why exactly do you want to repackage a src.rpm file that is already packaged.- ======================================================================= I'm receiving a coded message from EUBIE BLAKE!! ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
