Well, in my personal opinion, (no, I'm not barking at you or anyone else)
it's simply the fastest, simplest way (for me).
rpm --rebuild --target=i686 foo.src.rpm
rpm -Uhv /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686/foo.i686.rpm
Simple as Pi ;-)
later,
JW
At 01:42 PM 9/12/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Isaiah Weiner wrote:
>
> > > Wouldn't the "simplest" way be more like:
> > > rpm --rebuild file.src.rpm
> >
> > Sure, but that doesn't give any indication for what is happening. And
> > if the package's specfile isn't written well, you're still going to end up
> > using those steps.
>
>I fail to see how --rebuild is any less clear than installing the src.rpm,
>and then building packages. I would guess that it's much more clear,
>since a lot of people install the src.rpm and expect the software to be
>installed.
>
>Also, bear in mind that the spec file was used to generate the src.rpm in
>the first place, so you _know_ that it's worked once. I've never
>encountered a situation when --rebuild wouldn't work when I had the
>required devel libraries installed. Building a package by hand isn't
>going to fix that magically.
>
>MSG
>
>
>
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