> I want to build a binary rpm from a source rpm, without > installing the binaries on the system, ie I don't want to > risk mucking up my existing installation of the earlier > version of same package.
First of all then, don't build as root. A badly written spec file could install over the top of your currently installed files. Have a look at http://freshrpms.net/docs/fight/ Yes, it is regarding making rpm .spec files from scratch, but have a look at the section regarding creating ~/.rpmmacros and create the rpm building directories and build rpms it the safe way. > all of the rpm -b options seem to want to build, install, > then package. I want to just build then package, > > anyone know how to do this? I take it this is rpm 3.x rather than 4.x? I don't remember, but wasn't the --rebuild option there even back then? Unfortunatley I don't have access to an older version of rpm to check. Regards Daniel
