> On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
>
>
> >Mike
> >Just what's in a src.rpm that's so useful that is NOT in the spec file?
>
> Umm... the source code? Depends on what you mean by "useful" I
Of course, if you want the source get the src.rpm.
>
> 1) We might be able to build a new package from the .spec if it
> isn't to difficult a build process and has no patches.
Two things.
1) The spec file usually tells people how stuff was built. For example, the
%configure macro.
2) Mostly, patches for one release don't apply to the next/
3) I can't count. There are exceptions to most rules. However, the spec file
is always pretty small. Including it's painless.
[summer@emu summer]$ rpm -qif /usr/bin/rpmbuilder
Name : rpmbuilder Relocations: /usr
Version : 0.5 Vendor: (none)
Release : 2mdk Build Date: Sat May 13 08:52:19
2000
Install date: Tue Jun 20 17:13:59 2000 Build Host: emu.os2.ami.com.au
Group : Archiving/Other Source RPM:
rpmbuilder-0.5-2mdk.src.rpm
Size : 55543 License: GPL
URL : http://www.klabs.net/rpmbuilder
Summary : Graphical RPM packaging tool
Description :
Convert tar.gz or tar.bz2 file to RPM's with tha nice GUI environment.
[summer@emu summer]$
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