[NTLUG:Discuss] more rpm madness, and advice needed

[Val W. Harris]

krannen at gte.net wrote:

> Has anyone managed to build binaries from a SRPM using rpm4?  That 
> should be the version in upgraded 6.2 and probably all 7.x releases.  
> (I don't have 7.0, but it's there in 7.1 for sure.)
>
Kevin,

I'm running RH7.2.
 
$  rpm --version returns RPM version 4.0.3

My paradigm for making from source rpm's is:
$  rpm -ivh <src.rpm file>
$  cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/
$  rpm -ba <spec file>
$  cd ../RPMS
$  rpm -ivh <rpm file>

This has worked for me in the past.  If you're having
trouble finding 6.2 src.rpm files, try some of the RedHat
mirrors at: http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html

Val

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