That's interesting...thank you Ben.
Mark
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear Mark:
>
> Rebuilding an src.rpm package is the easiest thing in the world. Download the
> src.rpm package, then, as root , type in xterm:
>
> #rpm --rebuild mozilla-0.8.1.src.rpm
>
> (or whatever the name of the file). Make sure the file ends in "src.rpm", not
> "rpm." You can also add the target build for your system:
>
> rpm --rebuild mozilla-0.8.1.src.rpm --target=i586
>
> You should replace "i586" by whatever your system demands. Remember that AMD
> K6 systems are really i586, NOT i686 as they claim.
>
> You can try it first without the target setting and, if necessary, try it
> again with the target setting.
>
> There is NOTHING else to be done. Just wait. It could take an hour or two or
> three or many more depending on what you are rebuilding, on how big the files
> is. If all goes well, your rebuilding will end with a return to the prompt
> and with NO error messages. You then go to /usr/src/ to find your RPM file,
> that is, the rpm file you just built for your own system. All such rebuilt
> rpms are auotomatically stored in:
>
>
> [sher@sher07 sher]$ cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS
> [sher@sher07 RPMS]$ ls
> i386/ i486/ i586/ i686/ k6/ noarch/
> [sher@sher07 RPMS]$
>
> Go into any of these builds and look for your files. It should be stored in
> whatever your system build category is. But, if not, try them all to be sure.
> They should be in one of these categories.
>
> Benjamin
>
