source rpm questions

[jlangley]

I was wondering if at the comand line type a command to compile a src.rpm for your specific system?with something like:"rpm --compile any.src.rpm"would this be a bad idea?just wonderingJeremy

[PLBlaze]

Well, to compile *.src.rpm on your box you'd issue rpm --rebuild *.src.rpm, that would build rpm for you.

If you wanted to make your own src.rpm and regular rpm then you'd issue rpm --ba *.spec.Of course to do that you'd need a source of program in .tar.gz or tar.bz2 format and written .spec file.For more info check www.rpm.org (http://www.rpm.org) .Hope this helps.

[This message has been edited by PLBlaze (edited 28 November 2000).]