Re: how to build a patched binary rpm from a source rpm?
Matthew Miller <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.general |
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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. -- Matthew Miller [email protected] <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>