Thanks! Last one, really: suppose I want to build a source rpm. I do not want to run make install as I do want to keep my orig binaries. So what should I do ? this is in fact the reason that I tried rpmbuild -bp specFile and the moving to BUILD/ppp-2.4.5 and ./configure && make from there. But with ppp it failed. Is there a flag which tells rpbuild not to build but not to run make install ? rgs KW Do On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Am 16.12.2012 19:33, schrieb Kevin Wilson: >> Thanks for the advice. I am well aware of it. > > so why ignore it? > >> This machine is a testing machine with very >> little which is important and it is backed up > > does not matter > > there is no clean buildroot guaranteed if running as root > >> Forgive me my ignorance: quick question: does >> rpmbuild --rebuild >> includes running "make install"? I did not notice > > for sure, try to understand how rpmbuild works > > * unpack the sources > * run configure > * make install in the buildroot > * pack the RPM is all files are existing and listed in the %files section > > and that is why running as root makes pretty no sense > / from the view of the build-rpcoess is the clean buildroot > under rpmbuild and anything which tries ot break out there > is simply a bug which must not happen > > so if all is working normal there is no need for root permissions > and if there comes a "permission denied" something was not normal > and thank god for not allow whatever it tried to run > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
