---- Mamoru Tasaka <mtasaka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Steve wrote, at 02/05/2009 11:26 PM +9:00: > > OK, now I am really confused. ... > > In that way you are not using the srpm you downloaded anymore. > You are just unpacking the tarball (with no patched) and are > compiling vanilla source by yourself. Ah... umm... yes... I wondered how those patches got used. <sheepish grin> It just goes to show you - a (very) little knowledge is a dangerous thing. > Perhaps what you want to do is $ rpmbuild -bc dhcp.spec after > $ rpm -ivh dhcp-XXXXX.src.rpm . Please try > $ man rpmbuild OK, got it now. (and thanks to Bryn M. Reeves for the link) $ pwd /usr/src/redhat/ $ find . -name "*.spec" ./SOURCES/dhcp-4.0.0/contrib/dhcp.spec ./SPECS/dhcp.spec $ rpmbuild -bc ./SPECS/dhcp.spec ...lots of stuff... ...couple of warning messages... ...more stuff... success!! Thanks, Steve -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines