On 11/23/05, Tim Mooney <mooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In regard to: changing directory with %patch, Marten Lehmann said (at...: > > > as I have two source .tar.gz's each in its own directory and rpmbuild is > > switching to the first of them, I need to change the directory before > > applying a patch for the second .tar.gz. > > > %patch1 -p0 --directory=.. > > > > or > > > > %patch1 -p0 -d $RPM_BUILD_DIR/.. > > It's easier than you think. > > cd ../foo-2.0 > %patch -p1 -P 0 > cd ../bar-2.1 > %patch -p1 -P 2 > Also, the reason applying the arbitrary args to %patch did not work is that the macro %patch and the command patch are not one and the same. %patch is a macro that helps immensly by hiding some of the issues of the just where the build dir is and things like that, and though it ultimately calls patch it does not support every option that patch can take, but a subset of those options (and IMHO the most useful subset). Cheers...james _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
