rpm -Uhv <srcrpm>
then look in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
your tarball as well as any patches should be in there.
rpm --rebuild <srcrpm> will rebuild the srpm for you.
On Wed, 24 May 2000, Dominik Kubla wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 04:26:31PM -0500, Richard June wrote:
> > > deb-packages contain only binaries. Unlike SRPM Debian uses plain
> > > _unpatched_ tar(1)-files. Just log into any official Debian mirror, then
> > > change to /debian/dists/unstable/main/source/net/. There you will find:
> > Not to start a holy war, but SRPMs should(according to Maximum RPM) have
> > plain _unpatched_ tar(1)-files too, as well as the patches applied before
> > building. the reason being so that diffs are easily spotted.
>
> But i need to know how to unpack a SRPM archive to get at the unpatched
> tar-file (as matter of fact i know). Distributing the tar-file as a tar-file
> makes things a lot easier. Don't you agree?
>
> Dominik Kubla
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