Re: [Rpm-maint] Question about changing the name of an RPM

2008-09-03 Thread Mark Hatle
The filename does not affect the contents of the RPM package. So if you set the "version" to 1, the release to "1". And then name filename: foo-2-300.bar.rpm RPM is going to install the package using a version of 1 and a release of 1. On many systems, the filename is truncated to be simply "fo

Re: [Rpm-maint] Question about changing the name of an RPM

2008-09-03 Thread Andy Harrison
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Nitzan Gurfinkel wrote: > I hope I'm on the right lit and I apologize if not. > > During the build process the RPMs get their names through the following > Makefile line: > > $(M4) -DBUILDNUMBER=$(BUILDNUMBER) -DUSER

[Rpm-maint] Question about changing the name of an RPM

2008-09-02 Thread Nitzan Gurfinkel
I hope I'm on the right lit and I apologize if not. During the build process the RPMs get their names through the following Makefile line: $(M4) -DBUILDNUMBER=$(BUILDNUMBER) -DUSERNAME=$(USERNAME) -DRELEASETEXT=$(RELEASETEXT) -I$(RPM_TMPL_DIR) $(EXTRA_M4DEFINES) $(PKGDIR)/$(RPM_TEMPLATE) > $(P