On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 12:40:05AM -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > At 4:52 PM -0500 10/23/05, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >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.- > > When you "rpmbuild -ba" new binary and source rpms are made. If your > original srpm is where the new srpm will be put, the original can be > overwritten (if the package has the exact same name). I agree with that but why exactly do you want to procedd a source rpm to get a source rpm. Are you assumeing a change in the spec file along the way. ======================================================================= I consider the day misspent that I am not either charged with a crime, or arrested for one. -- "Ratsy" Tourbillon ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
