On 2/12/02 4:14 PM, "Ryan Speed" [EMAIL PROTECTED] pressed the keys forming the message:
> The way I've done it in the past (this is not something I found > reference to anywhere, just something I tried) was to download srpms, > and dig the spec files out of them, customize the spec file to my liking > and compile my new srpm (with my specific compile time options). This > will then give you a new rpm configured the way you like. > > Depending on your setup this may or may not be feasible, it can take a > little or a lot of work depending on what you're installing. Holy nuts! How did you answer this so quickly? Thanks! Anyway - good suggestion. One I hadn't thought of. Really, for me, the question of, 'will it work' is system dependant. For example; on a mail server, I'm going to compile and install sendmail and IMAP from scratch - that's just the way I am. On a web server, Apache, ssl and php are going to come in from scratch. On a development server, which may have all of the above, the bulk will come in from scratch. But I'm not a KDE developer, so I have no interest in compiling KDE - rpms are fine, thank you. Also, when a security issue is announced, I want to look at the source, not wait for someone to come up with an rpm, and get an update installed. Perhaps there's some middle ground: I need to learn how to create my own rpms! Where are some good instructions on how to do that (aside from any I might find as I now head over to www.rpm.org)? Thanks! -- Ed Marczak [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
