On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:21:16AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > what's the canonical way to build a modified binary rpm from the > > original source rpm? i can download the source rpm, install it under > > my own "rpms/" directory, then run: > > $ rpmbuild -bp <spec file> > > to run the prep stage. > > at that point, i can mess with the source, but it's not clear what > > command to invoke to have the build pick up at that point and finish > > off the build to create the (now modified) binary rpm. > > Mess with the source, generate a patch, and then add it to the spec > file. Add a short string and number to the end of the release tag > (so "Release: 1" becomes "Release 1.rday.1" or similar), and then do > rpmbuild -ba on that. > > That way, when you want to rebuild it again, you've already got your > patch. And when there's a new version of the upstream package, if > the affected code wasn't touched, you can just carry your patch > forward. i should have noted that i knew about that approach -- i guess i was just curious why there wasn't an "rpmbuild" option that supported short-circuiting starting at the build step and continuing from there, which would be emphatically quick and dirty. ok, i'll just use the above technique. thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
