Mmmhhhhh......This list never fails to amaze with new
tricks.....gotta try them out first....

R.

--- Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 11:57, Tru64 User wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I had a post here few days ago about RPM
> agony....and
> > was educated that it was because i was not using
> > Manrake specs but rather Redhat.
> > 
> > Now, I am in dare need to make proftpd-1.2.8 rpms
> for
> > mandrake. The current available rpm, 1.2.5 does
> not
> > have large file support. It started support large
> > files in version 1.2.6
> > 
> 
> I always do this to create new RPMS:
> 
> Extract the old.tar.gz and new.tar.gz to
> directories. Create a diff
> patch between the new and old. Put this patch into
> the SOURCE directory
> and add a corresponding "patch" line in the spec
> file. Rebuild.
> 
> The advantage of this method is that you rarely have
> to touch the
> original tarball and instead just patch away.
> 
> 
> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from
MandrakeSoft?
> 
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
> 


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