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On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 05:49:02PM +0000, George Foot wrote:
> To install an RPM you say `rpm -hiv ...', which installs the
> binaries in the RPM. There are several things you can do with
> an SRPM -- you can install it just like that, which puts files
> in various subdirectories of /usr/src/redhat/... (e.g. SOURCES
> and SPECS), from which you can build binary RPMs which you can
> then install as normal. Or you can just say `rpm --rebuild
> ....', in which case it installs the SRPM, creates the binary
> RPMs, and then uninstalls the SRPM again. After that you rerun
> `rpm' as above to install the binary RPMs.
This may seem like a bastard solution, but how about making an RPM
with an SRPM in it and a notice telling people how to install SRPMs ? :)
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Vincent Penquerc'h
Windows NT - New Trial