Hi Similar thing is delta rpm (.drpm), but you will need full rpm files for both versions to have a diff.
http://linux.die.net/man/8/makedeltarpm http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Presto Best regards, George Machitidze ICT consultant On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:57 PM, devzero2000 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, James R Maxwell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We are in the process of creating some RPMs and I have a question. > > > > If we create a RPM from non source code, such as derived objects in > > clearcase (such as module_a-1.0.0.0-a.noarch.rpm) and need to patch the > > items in this RPM, how do we structrue the patch RPM? and what do we call > > this patched RPM? > With o without source, there is no concept of patch RPM, in the sense > that I suppose you mean (exist in other package manager - mostly > proprietary) . Patch RPM was another concept in the past in the RPM > community. > > > Whether you use a single package or subpackage, make the change in the > original spec, update the version, and updates the rpm. > > hth > > > > Thank you > > Jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rpm-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list >
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