On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 07:17:02AM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Monday, October 24, 2005 8:08 AM -0500 akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >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. > > It's more an issue of file management. Say I download the FC4 kernel SRPM. > I want to know where I got it from, so I put it in a directory that > identifies the source, eg. download/Fedora/4/updates. Files in SRPMS are > ones I created through rpmbuild, as opposed to ones I downloaded. > > I grab source RPM's either because I want to rebuild them tuned to what I > have on my system (via the embedded invocation of configure in the spec > file) or because I want to customize the build by editing the spec file. > For instance, I might want a custom kernel with a different config or an > additional patch. > > I also grab source RPM's to debug problems, by unpacking and "prep'ing" > (via "rpmbuild -bp") the sources and then grepping the sources for the > error message I'm getting. I can then inspect the program logic to see why > I'm getting that error message. I understand your approach but that is not what the original poster wanted to do. He just wanted to process a source rpm. the -ba option is not what he needs. -- ======================================================================= The [Ford Foundation] is a large body of money completely surrounded by people who want some. -- Dwight MacDonald ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
