On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 11:21 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > A few key tips: > > - don't build as root -- set up the ~/rpmbuild thing instead Why is it so? What's wrong about building rpms as root? > - make as few changes as possible from the original RPM; this'll make > your life easier later. Well, I think patching is nicer. Create always a patch using diff tool and add it to a spec file. > - put your own 'tag' in the release field. For example, if the release > of the package is '3', make yours "3msilber1", and the next version > "3msilber2". (And don't be afraid to increment that number even when > your changes are tiny -- you're not going to run out of integers, and > having separately-named files is handy.) > > -- > Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> > Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> >
