-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 11:40:07 -0800, Hal Wine wrote: >Frank Bures wrote, around 12/08/2004 11:14 AM: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> >> is it possible to extract spec file from an existing RPM? >> >> I created a number of specific private RPMs and then I lost the spec files >> due to HD crash. It would be a nightmare to recreate them from memory :-( >> >> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > >rpmrebuild is your friend -- it'll recreate the spec file with a command >line option. All you loose is your comments, macro defs, and conditionals. > >See http://rpmrebuild.sourceforge.net/ > >Good luck, >--Hal > >p.s. cvs or subversion is _also_ your friend.... Exactly what I needed. Thanks a bunch! Frank Bures, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 3H6 fbures@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/general/itelec.html PGP public key: http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=index&search=Frank+Bures -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0 OS/2 for non-commercial use Comment: PGP 5.0 for OS/2 Charset: cp850 wj8DBQFBuFjqih0Xdz1+w+wRAnZMAJ0cMncm0COxRVpF++0jzZw3B9+zsgCZAUgz htBRcTeuUc2X4Hy0jEWiC8c= =uyaZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
