Hey there Rick Rick wrote: > OK... I think I just learned something about RPM... > > Do I understand Mr. Slooten correctly? By using RPM with a --rebuild > option on a SRC.RPM, you'll create a binary build of the SRC RPM??
Please call me Ralph :-) Sounds so formal... Mr. Slooten... Yes, by doing that you do create your own binaries... > Hmmm... At the console, rpm --help doesn't even list --rebuild (of course, > it lists --rebuilddb but that's different). Yet, if I enter rpm --rebuild > (with no package mentioned) I receive the message: Maybe "man rpm" will tell you more? Well yes, an example is "rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.src.rpm" ~ as in "rpm --rebuild <filename>" > rpmb: no packages files given for rebuild Correct, you have to specify which file to rebuild. > This seems to imply that the --rebuild option does, indeed exist. Correct.. > So... will this create a binary build RPM from a SRC RPM?? Well, it should do. I do believe you will need the kernel-devel files and such to do this though. If it compiles correctly, and ends of saying RPM: Created NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.i586.rpm (or whatever) then you should be able to find the 2 files it's created in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/<whatever architecture you have>/ Good luck, and if you have problems, please just let me / us know... Greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://www.tuxpower.f2s.com/
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