[NTLUG:Discuss] Looking for libjpeg-6a Source RPM

[Kenneth Loafman]

Thanks.  Did not know about rpmseek.com.  Great site.

Patches worked and package has been genned.

...Ken


Stuart Johnston wrote:
> RedHat 7.1,2,3 seem to use the same file.  See for example:
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>>OK, been searching the web and still cannot find a good copy, even on 
>>RedHat.  What I'm looking for is the libjpeg6a-6a-8.src.rpm, size of 
>>543973, that came with RedHat 5.0.  A package we're examining requires 
>>that exact version since its release is a diff of the various files and 
>>setup is a series of patch instructions against that release.
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>>That version went to 6b with RH 5.1, so what I'm looking for is quite 
>>ancient.  If anyone is a packrat and still has RedHat 5.0 disks, let me 
>>know.  What I want off them is the source RPM itself.  The RPM on the 
>>RedHat site is corrupted and will not install, thus this request.
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>>...Thanks,
>>...Ken
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>>P.S. - There is a cautionary tale here - diff as a release mechanism is 
>>bad news a few months/years after the release.
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