On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 07:28:38AM -0700, Leland Ray wrote: > If you are not using %prep (as itself, or as %setup), > the Source: tags only exist to tell rpmbuild what to > use when constructing a .src.rpm. > > So the simple answer to the question is that there are > no source files in the case of constructing a binary > rpm; you already have the binaries, and the previous > build system gives you the layout. Building a binary RPM without a source RPM (in this case meaning an RPM containing a tarball with binaries) is in general a bad idea, as rebuilding the (binary) RPM is not posisble then. Using files from outside the SOURCES directory is just "not done" when building RPMs and that what's happening here. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
