Hi Damion, Wednesday, August 28, 2002, 3:55:48 PM, you wrote:
> Oh, creating the RPM? Thats easy: Here's what I did.... > $ rpm -ivh <file>.src.rpm # wget "ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/i386/SRPMS/fileutils-4.1-4.src.rpm"; # rpm -ivh fileutils-4.1-4.src.rpm > $ cp freevsd/patches/redhat-rpms/SOURCES /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES # cd /usr/src # cp freevsd/SOURCE/redhat-rpms/SOURCES/* redhat/SOURCES/ > $ cp freevsd/patches/redhat-rpms/SPECS/<file>.spec /usr/src/redhat/SPECS # cp freevsd/patches/redhat-rpms/SPECS/fileutils-4.1vsd.spec redhat/SPECS/ > $ rpm -ba <file>.spec # cd redhat # cd SPECS # rpm -ba fileutils-4.1vsd.spec > Upgrading an RPM, in my experience, has left the inode numbers alone (use -Uvh, > not -ivh). # mkdir /home/vsd/skel/skel/var # mkdir /home/vsd/skel/skel/var/lib # cp -R /var/lib/rpm /home/vsd/skel/skel/var/lib/ # rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps --root=/home/vsd/skel/skel Unfortunately, this seems to have changed the inode numbers... [root@ned var]# cd /home/vsd/skel/skel/bin/ [root@ned bin]# ls -l cp -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 44648 Sep 2 14:43 cp NB: 'cp' binary in skel has an Inode count of 1. :'( I am now going to do "vsd-linkvs.pl" to relink all the VSs back to the skel. Just thought I'd let you know what happened. BTW, I tried to upload the patched RPM I made to the ftp.freevsd.org/incoming directory but got ................ ---------------------------- # ftp freevsd.org Connected to 217.204.14.101 (217.204.14.101). 220 ProFTPD 1.2.5rc1 Server (ProFTPD) [freevsd.org] Name (freevsd.org:root): anonymous 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password. Password: 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd incoming 250- This area can be used to upload source code for contribution to the freeVSD project. All code uploaded to this area will be considered to be subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Uploading source will be considered as agreement to these terms and conditions. 250 CWD command successful. ftp> put fileutils-4.1-4vsd.i386.rpm fileutils-4.1-4vsd.i386.rpm_benK local: fileutils-4.1-4vsd.i386.rpm remote: fileutils-4.1-4vsd.i386.rpm 227 Entering Passive Mode (217,204,14,101,180,65). 550 fileutils-4.1-4vsd.i386.rpm: Permission denied ftp> ------------------------------ > Damion. Cyas -- Kind Regards, Ben Kennish [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
