is it posibble

[Guest]

to unpack a src.rpm change it then repack it to a src.rpm

 

regards

ric

[qeldroma]

I do it with mc (midnightcommander).

It browses through tar.gz, zip, tar AND , that's the clue: RPM.

 

It browses like normal directories, so you can copy with it, like with all other dirs...

[Guest]

thanks ild have a look at that when i get home

 

 

regards

 

Ric

[theYinYeti]

Yes it is possible. I did it for freetype2.

 

First install the src.rpm. example: package-1.0-1mdk.src.rpm:

rpm -i package-1.0-1mdk.src.rpm

Then go to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES and

tar xzf package.tar.gz

(the package where you have changes to make). Do your changes inside the newly created package/ directory.

After that

rm -f package.tar.gz

tar czf package.tar.gz package

Next, you should go to /usr/src/RPM/SPECS and edit the package.spec file.

In the "release" section, change "1mdk" to something unique; eg: "1mdk1me" and save your change (you can also change the compile options; I did that for php).

Finally, in that same directory, execute

rpm -ba ./package.spec

 

That's all from 1year-old memory, so be creative and adapt it if needed. And read the rpm man page in case of trouble.

I almost forgot: the new src.rpm will be in /usr/src/RPM/SRPMS and the binary package should be in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686.

I hope this helps.

 

Yves.