On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:37:19 -0500 Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve wrote: > > >On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:30:00 +1100 (EST) > >Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >snip > > > > > >>So I built my own version of Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 from the SRPMS > >>and have a near automated process for building the errata RPMS from the > >>SRPMS. I can install my custom built version of RHAS 2.1 on as many > >>servers as I like (quite legally - GPL) without needing to pay Red Hat snip > >> > >> > > > >I would be interested in the process used to build the AS binaries from the SRPMS. > >Any howto's or pointers on where to look? > > > >Steve > > > > The RedHat FTP sites and Mirrors contain the RedHat AS RPM's and the > Errata RPM's. > > I have a licenesed AS server and I compared the SRPMS on the CD's to the > ones on the FTP site, they are EXACTLY the same > (MD5 checksum). > > I also compared the binary RPM's to the ones in the 7.2 system, out of > 1244 RPMS on the RedHat AS CD's, > they are almost all identical, even the MD5 checksums are identical. > > I was lucky that I had one RHAS license, so I installed RHAS, and then > downloaded all the SRPM's from a public mirror, > did an rpmbuild of each and every one, then downloaded all the SRPM's > for the errata, and did those too. > > Then I created an FTP server, dumped the directory structure in there > for all the RPM's, used anaconda tools to rebuild the > correct hdlist files and such, and then used a RedHat 7.2 bootnet floppy > to install the RHAS RPMs that I had built myself. > > In effect I have a server that is functionally the same as a RedHat > Advanced server. (all the same packages, from the same source code). > > Then I installed a CURRENT server and hacked the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/* > files for up2date and rhn_register to point to my own server. > I set up a cron job on the CURRENT server to automatically download and > compile new errata as they appear on RedHat FTP mirror sites, > and I can update my servers as time permits. > > -Ben. The purpose of my question was not to start a debate about the AS SRPM's and Redhat being gracious enough to provide them, but rather how to go about building the CD's (binaries) from them or any other version's SRPM's. It seems that you would need a like system to build from or they would not work. Or am I just not understanding the process? thanks Steve -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
