Re: Patching an RPM - non source

[George Machitidze <giomac@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Similar thing is delta rpm (.drpm), but you will need full rpm files for both versions to have a diff.

http://linux.die.net/man/8/makedeltarpm

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Presto

Best regards,

George Machitidze

ICT consultant

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:57 PM, devzero2000 <pinto.elia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, James R Maxwell <jrmaxwell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We are in the process of creating some RPMs and I have a question.
>
> If we create a RPM from non source code, such as derived objects in
> clearcase (such as module_a-1.0.0.0-a.noarch.rpm) and need to patch the
> items in this RPM, how do we structrue the patch RPM? and what do we call
> this patched RPM?

With o without source, there is no concept of patch RPM, in the sense
that I suppose you mean (exist in other package manager - mostly
proprietary) . Patch RPM was another concept in the past in the RPM
community.


Whether you use a single package or subpackage, make the change in the
original spec, update the version,  and updates the rpm.

hth
>
> Thank you
> Jim
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