On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Paulo Cavalcanti <pro...@gmail.com> wrote:

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>> One thing I was going to ask you . I am interested how do you create the
>> srpm from the binary package that Nvidia makes . I would like to have a go
>> at making the new 304.60 drivers into a srpm , and then into a set of rpms
>> for el6 . Any information appreciated greatly .
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> Basically, you have to unpack the .src.rpm
> and replace the nvidia blob, by a new x86_64 and
> a new x86 file:
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> ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/
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> ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/
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> Then, you have to recreate the .src.rpm:
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> rpmbuild -bs --rmsource foo.src.rpm /usr/bin/rpmbuild
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Sorry, I meant:

rpmbuild -bs --rmsource nvidia-graphics304.51.spec

Furthermore, one has to adapt the spec file to adjust
the version. Axel also names the spec file using the version of the
driver.


-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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