On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: > We are running SuSE SLES7 beta Linux Kernel 2.4.7. The Samba delivered was > Samba 2.2.0a. I used YAST to install the source and created a source tree > under /usr/src/samba-2.2.0a. I downloaded all the patches and successfully > applied them up to 2.2.5. > > My question is where do I go from here? I know I have to compile the > source. What are the commands or sequence of commands necessary? I here a > lot about the .spec file. What is it and what do I do with it? Are there > any gotchas? I appreciate any assistance this newbie can receive. Thanks.
Another solution is to download the src rpm for samba 2.2.5 from : ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/lmuelle/src/ Depending on the options you need you will probably have to modify the spec for the rpm to tune it to your needs. If not you can rebuild directly from the src rpm using : rpm --rebuild samba-2.2.5-0.src.rpm If you have to change the spec file (it contains the configure command) then first install the src rpm rpm -i samba-2.2.5-0.src.rpm Then modify the spec file, I think you will find it in /usr/src/packages/SPEC (don't forget the increase the Release field after each modification of the spec file) Then build the s390.rpm files using rpm -bb samba.spec Have fun with it, Tim -- =========================================================================== Tim Verhoeven Linux & Open Source Specialist GSM : 0496 / 693 453 + e-business solutions Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] + consulting URL : www.sin.khk.be/~dj/ + Server consolidation ===========================================================================