On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 02:12:11PM -0000, Yogesh Hasabnis wrote:
> Thanks! But again how to modify the source code in that src.rpm
Here is what I do:
Suppose I want to patch foo-1.0-1.i386.rpm. I pick the foo-1.0-1.src.rpm
from the source CD, and then:
1. rpm -i foo-1.0-1.src.rpm
2. rpm -bp /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/foo.spec
3. cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
4. cp -a foo-1.0 foo-1.0.patched
5. cd foo-1.0.patched
6. Edit to my heart's content inside the .patched directory.
7. cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
8. diff -Naur foo-1.0 foo-1.0.patched > /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/foo-mypatch.patch
9. cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
10. Edit foo.spec to add Patchn: foo-mypatch.patch line. n is one greater
than the number of existing patches.
11. Add a corresponding %patchn -p1 line (-p1 is important ;)
12. Increase the Release: number by 1.
13. rpm -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/foo.spec
14. I get a brand new foo-1.0-2.i386.rpm in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
directory. Install it :)
15. Store the corresponding .src.rpm to cater to a later OS upgrade. I haven't
figured how to avoid the installer overwriting my packages (there is a way
to do that too).
In case of RHL 8.0+, use rpmbuild instead of rpm in the above. If you already have
the patch file, replace steps 3-8 with one step in which you copy your patch to
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES.
HTH,
Binand
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