if i may, i'd like to refer you to an email i just sent out a few hours
ago:
<snip>
just a side note, i rebuild so many src.rpm's that i made a nice little
script that i issue to rebuild src.rpm's. i just thought i'd share that
little shortcut with you.
pico /usr/local/bin/rpmrb
#!/bin/sh
rpm --rebuild --target=i686 $1
chmod 100 /usr/local/bin/rpmrb
$ rpmrb the.source.src.rpm
(edit it to fit your system)
hope that might make someone's life just a little bit easier :)
eric
Fahad Al-Duraibi wrote:
>
> Thanks for the information but as i know the RH rpms are compiled for the
> i386 architecture to work on all ix86 PC.
> but if i compile the source on my i686 will i benefit more performance
> rather than using the already compiled rpm?
>
> Fahad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 8:34 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [RHL] Re: .rpm or .src.rpm ?
>
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Fahad Al-Duraibi wrote:
>
> > when i download packages i find some of them comes in two forms (
> *.rpm
> > ) and the source code ( *.src.rpm ).
> > what is the best ? will the source package be optimized for my PC more
> > than the already compiled .rpm ?
> >
>
> rpm is a red hat package management utility, generally they will come in
> the version of archetecture, i.e., i386, i486, i586 and such. When you
> install those packages via rpm -i(vvh) blah.arch.rpm, the rpm utility will
> install the program for you.
> When you install the blah.src.rpm the package utility will install the src
> of the (source) program you just d/l'ed.
> You will then need to go to somewhere like /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/*
> to find the (generally gziped and tared package. You will then need to
> install it manually.
> gunzip blah.tar.gz
> tar -xvf blah.tar
> cd blah
> ./configure
> make
> make install
> ----
>
> Chances are you'll find some dependancy problems that you will nbess to
> install.
>
> As a personal aside, the rpm guy is incredibly powerful and usefull, but I
> tend to prefer doing the work myself...
> YMMV
>
> -tm
>
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