Lookit YOU!  Gettin all jiggy an' stuff.  That's the LAST time I ever
try to help YOU with Linux!!!

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-j

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Jerald Sheets wrote:

> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 23:36:28 -0500
> From: Jerald Sheets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [brluglist] SRPM ????
>
> SRPM's are Source RPM files which can be rebuilt for the particular platform
> you are on.  From the man page:
>
>        rpm --rebuild <source_package_file>+
>
>        When invoked this way, rpm installs the named source packĀ­
>        age, and does a prep, compile and install.   In  addition,
>        --rebuild  builds a new binary package. When the build has
>        completed, the build directory is removed (as in  --clean)
>        and  the  the  sources  and  spec file for the package are
>        removed.
>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> Jerald
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Behalf Of Bart G. Denys
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:01 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [brluglist] SRPM ????
>
>
> What's the difference between the RPMs downloaded from /i386 and from /SRPM
> ???
>
> Bart
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