> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Mooney [mailto:mooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:34 PM > To: RPM Package Manager > Subject: RE: Building RPMs > > > In regard to: RE: Building RPMs, Laughlin, Joseph V said (at > 1:24pm on May...: > > >That's what I figured. Still kinda inconvient though. > > If you're testing a new spec, and you have an error in %build > or %install, you can use --short-circuit to skip %prep and/or > %build to continue your compilation and installation testing. > > However, you can't actually build an RPM using > --short-circuit. It's only using for restarting the process > when testing. Once you have the problems worked out and > you're ready to build RPMs, you need to go through the full > process without trying to --short-circuit anything. > > Tim Ah, that would be helpful. Thanks for the tip. Joe > > >> Subject: Building RPMs > >> > >> When I'm building an RPM with 'rpmbuild -ba <spec file>', > if I mess > >> up > > > >> on the spec file (say I forgot to add a file to the %files > >> directive), > > > >> I have to recompile the whole software, which can be a little > >> annoying > > > >> at times. Is there anyway to avoid this? > > -- > Tim Mooney > mooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Information Technology Services (701) 231-1076 (Voice) > Room 242-J6, IACC Building (701) 231-8541 (Fax) > North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
