--- On Thu, 6/16/11, Gene Hightower <gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gene Hightower <gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Alternate package implementation (how can I provide and conflict with the same package?) > To: "General discussion about the RPM package manager" <rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Valery Reznic" <valery_reznic@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 12:56 AM > On 2011-06-14 21:38, Valery Reznic > wrote: > > > Even if you not build this package you can easily > manipulate it's > > metadata (add conflict/obsolete/whatever else you > like) using > > rpmrebuild - http://rpmrebuild.sf.net > > Very nice tool, and packaged for Fedora so I was able to > just "yum > install" it. Now all I need to know is how to setup > the meta-data to > make this work. I was under impression, that you know what meta-data you need, only not have a way to change existing package :) > > BTW: does messing with the meta-data invalidate the package > signature? rpmrebuild work as following: - unpack package into temporay directory - query it in order to have enough enformation to create specfile - manipulate specfile as you wish - run rpmbuild to re-create package So, obviously original signature is lost. If you wish you can sign re-generated packaged with you key, though. Valery. > > > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
