> Thinking of using CentOS as a host for a Linux Appliance.
>
>
> 1)Use the binrary rpms and install to a directory on a development
> machine using the rpm --prefix option. Not sure yet how to
> specify to
> create and use an rpm database on the development machine as
> opposed to a database on the development machine.
I use rpmstrap (http://rpmstrap.pimpscript.net/) to do this, works
pretty well. (hrm, weird, I just noticed that the maintainer abandoned
the project :O
Rpmstrap can be a little finnicky to get going at first, but after a
little bit, it works great.
>
> Is this really a sensible approach or just using something
> like Kickstart?
>
> 2) There might be some packages that I want to build from
> source. Then I am thinking I would need the exact compiler
> used to compile the binary rpms. How would I obtain the
> compiler and environment used to build the CentOS binary rpms?
Any compiler will do from what I have seen, for building your own
.rpm's, or for re-building/modifying centOS's .rpm's.
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