Hi Thanks a lot for this info! Ok, I was afraid that somehow my binaries will be replaced by the --rebuild. Now I know that without installing the rpm nothing will occur to them, so it is safe and solves my problem. rgs Kevin
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 09:24:21PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Last one, really: >> suppose I want to build a source rpm. I do not >> want to run make install as I do want to keep my orig binaries. >> So what should I do ? >> this is in fact the reason that I tried >> rpmbuild -bp specFile >> and the moving to BUILD/ppp-2.4.5 and ./configure && make from there. >> But with ppp it failed. >> Is there a flag which tells rpbuild not to build but not to run make install >> ? > > It's important to note that while building an RPM _can_ mess up your > installed system if the spec file is bad, it _shouldn't_. The RPM build > process will run "make install" with a special temporary build directory as > the target, and it won't overwrite your actual current binaries until you > actually install the RPM. > > -- > Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ <mat...@fedoraproject.org> > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
