Since I like the idea of my changes being portable I want to try my luck using your patch method. I followed your instructions and everything went fine until rpmbuild -ba anaconda.spec I get the following error: error: No patch number 1 Which folder shoud I be in? According to your description I am in cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS Thanks AR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx.taylor@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Alexander@Rau" <alex@xxxxxx> Cc: <anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 2:02 PM Subject: Re: rebuilding anaconda-9.0-4 src > Alexander@Rau wrote: > > Thanks a bunch Forrest: > > > > I admit, when it comes to tinkering with src packages I am a newbie. > > > > Could you explain what you mean by the portability of the patch method? > > Sure. I mean that it is easier to send out a patch to others than it is > to send out the src.rpm file. It is also easier when the next version > of anaconda comes out to port your patches over to the new release (if > it hasn't been fixed in the newer version). I started out using the tar > method, and I found that it was much easier to use patches. I would > often have to make changes to newer version, and I had forgotten exactly > what I had done in the source. Now, I can just look at the patches, and > copy them over to the newer version. > > Forrest > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
