On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 12:41:58PM +0100, RAT 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? Because as root, a mistake in your specfile could hork your whole system. > > - 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. Sure. That's not opposed to what I said at all. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
