lasa enlightened us with the following gems on 08/13/2005 09:18 PM: > it little bit advanced. Pls express no 2 little bit > > On 8/14/05, Stuart Sears <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>lasa enlightened us with the following gems on 08/13/2005 08:55 PM: >> >>>can any one tell me to open SRPMS in best way step by step to edit >>>those. Any URL regarding above. >> >>I think you'll find I answered this about half an hour ago. >>but, in case that sounded stroppy... >>do this as follows... (all done as a normal user, NOT ROOT!) >>1. create the needed directory structure: >># mkdir -p ~/REDHAT/{RPMS,SRPMS,SPECS,BUILD,SOURCES} >>2. edit/create ~/.rpmmacros so that it contains the line >>%_topdir /home/your_username/REDHAT use a text editor to create a file in your home directory called .rpmmacros make sure it has the %_topdir line in it as above. it is this line that tells RPM to install source rpms in your ~/REDHAT/ directory structure instead of /usr/src/redhat (which would require root privileges). >>3. then install your source RPMS using your unprivileged account. >># rpm -ivh my_package-1.0-1.src.rpm any clearer? -- Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX printk("Churning and Burning -"); linux-2.6.6/drivers/char/lcd.c -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list