On Wed, Feb 05, 2003, Andrews, Martin wrote:
Hi,
> Without the -U option openpkg build will happily use binary RPM's that it
> finds, either local in RPM/PKG or in the specified repository. With -U it
> seems to always force rebuild from source. I would like to use "openpkg
> build -U" on most all my hosts so they get the latest versions from my
> locally maintained binary RPM repository (most end machine should never be
> compiling). Am I mis-using the openpkg tool or is this a bug?
That's a feature.
When one package is rebuilt this triggers updates of "reverse dependencies"
that must be rebuilt to catch changes in the first packages (like a
statically linked library).
But you are right, openpkg-tool takes a very safe road and rebuilds
too often. However, the package specifications do not contain all
dependency information and therefore even with a smarter openpkg-tool
you would see rebuilds that are not strictly necessary.
Greetings,
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Michael van Elst
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