>>>>> "Mani" == subramania <Mani> writes:
Mani> I downloaded the sysklogd SRPM from Red Hat's site and rpm
Mani> -iv -v sysklogd-1.4.1-12.src.rpm
Mani> This created a tar.gz file in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
Mani> now I need to edit a syslogd.c file and then create an rpm
Mani> that I will install, do I need to run make ,make install in
Mani> the extracted directory? or Do I create a tarball (not a gz
Mani> file) and then make an rpm file out of it?
Mani> how do I go about this. downloading from source is not an
Mani> option , as I know how to do it, ;) I know that its possible
Mani> to create RPMS from tar balls, so was trying this option
Untar the archive, edit the file and then re-create (tar and gzip it
into) /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/sysklogd-whatever.tar.gz .
Run rpm -bb sysklogd.spec from the SPECS directory.
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