On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 12:02, Woody Green wrote: > Actually with the stage he is at, this will undo all his changes. To > accomplish the build with his changes in tact, he needs to do: > > rpm -bc --short-circuit filename.spec > rpm -bi --short-circuit filename.spec > rpm -bb --short-circuit filename.spec > > Without the --short-circuit, the process will start from the beginning > including untarring the original sources. However, --short-circuit > limits you to completing the step in question alone, so you have to > manually invoke each step remaining in the process. On a side note, I'm > not sure if you can short circuit to the build process (-bc), I know you > can the install (-bi) and binary package creation (-bb). > > That said, the proper approach would be to make your changes to the > source tarball, diff it against the original and create a patch to > include with the SRPM and use in the spec file. This however involves > more than I care to put in an email and is covered in many HOWTOs on the > Internet. Check out the online version of Maximum RPM and the RPM HOWTO > on Mandrake's website (see the cooker section). > > http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/howtos/mdk-rpm/ > > Enjoy, > > -- > Woody
Impressive. Very impressive. Thanks again, Woody; for the help and for the howto links; it's appreciated. I owe you one. I thought that Maximum RPM was getting dated, and heard something about them coming out with a new version of the book. I read into the current release of Maximum RPM at Barne's & Nobles, and it seemed much more oriented to producers of RPM's than to users of them. On the other hand, on visiting the max-rpm page some weeks ago, I got the idea that a new release of the book was forthcoming. You heard anything about this or have another perspective? Many thanks again -- LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ��������������������������������������������������� _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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