On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 08:35:38AM -0700, Joel Klecker wrote: > At 15:20 +0200 1999-06-14, Sven LUTHER wrote: > >yes, sure, but it would be more convenient to have a true patch, any > >link on how to > >dissect rpm files without rpm installed ? i guess the srpms format is > >upstream > >source + a load of patches applied, isn't it ? > > <http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/espel/rpm2cpio>, rpm2cpio > file.src.rpm | cpio --extract. > > srpms are a modified cpio archive containing the upstream tarball, > zero or more patches, and the .spec file.
Thanks, i extracted the srpm with rpm, and builded a gdb package with the patch. it works fine. Is someone else interrested ? Should i make a NMU, or simply send the maintainer of gdb the patch ? Friendly, Sven LUTHER
