On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 10:04, Ben Russo wrote: > http://www.rpm.org/ > > > On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 13:31, Michael Peters wrote: > > On Monday, Dec 16, 2002, at 10:59AM, Mertens Bram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >The "Maximum rpm" document contains only very little information about > > >rebuilding rpms. > > > > /usr/share/doc has MUCH more current information. > > At least that is what I found. > > > > > > > >Most rpms are build for the i386 architecture, I run my RH7.3 on an > > >i686, does it make much sense to rebuild rpms before installing them? > > > > My understanding is that it only makes sense for the kernel and glibc to be >optimized - and that those already are. > > > > Since almost everything is linked against stuff in glibc, they benefit from that >optimization - and that optimizing most other packages doesn't really make much (if >any) performance difference. > > > > Back in the RH 6.2 days I built pgcc (pentium optimized gcc) and rebuilt every rpm >using it (except for a few that refused to compile with pgcc) and I thought I would >have a fast system. > > > > Reallity is - the performance boost was minimal. > > More performance could be gained by adding ram and/or swapping to a different disk >than your data disk(s). > > > > > > > >If I understand the manual correctly I would have to download the > > >src.rpm then run the command rpm --rebuild xxx.src.rpm which would > > >install the software after optimising it for the i686 architecture. > > > > > >Or isn't it that simple? > > > > You would need to first create a ~/.rpmmacros file > > > > In it you want the following: > > %_topdir /home/your_user_name/rpmbuild > > %_build_arch i686 > > > > then - > > mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i386 > > (same for i686 and noarch at a minimal) > > mkdir ~/rpmbuild/SPECS > > mkdir ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES > > mkdir ~/rpmbuild/BUILD > > > > Then (without su to root) > > rpmbuild --rebuild package.src.rpm > > > > I *think* it will deposit the rebuilt rpm into ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i686 (I haven't >tried) > > > > If that doesn't work - edit the spec file and add- > > > > BuildArch: i686 > > to the spec file. > > > > That *should* work. > > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >
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