Michael Burger wrote:
> It's actually a 2 step process.
>
> First, you "rpm --rebuild this-program-version.src.rpm"
>
> This will unpack the source code, and compile it into an i386.rpm,
> usually located in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386.
>
> You then "rpm -ivh this-program-version.i386.rpm" or "rpm -Uvh
> this-program-version.i386.rpm" if upgrading.
>
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 23:24:33 -0400, Ted Gervais wrote:
>
> >Could someone tell me how a .src.rpm file is installed versus a .i386.rpm
> >file. I know the .src.rpm file is a 'source'file but I am not sure that the
> >installation of an .src.rpm file is done using something as simple as
> >'rpm -ivh *.src.rpm'. It seems to me that more work is needed??
> >Whereas with the *.i386.rpm the use of 'rpm -ivh .i386.rpm' is all that is
> >needed??
> >--
SO... If one needed to make changes to the source like to apply a patch for some
feature or another and then wanted to create a binary rpm from the source,
what? rpm -ivh *src.rpm, apply the patches or place them where?, and then rpm
-ba *.spec?
What does one do with the patches?
Bret
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