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Re: [hylafax-users] RH 9 and SRPM



Giulio Orsero wrote:
[snip]
> Also, it's always better not to be root when rebuilding rpms, so you'd
> better, as user "stephan"
> $ cd
> $ mkdir -p redhat/{SRPMS,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,BUILD}
> $ mkdir -p redhat/RPMS/{i386,i586,i686,noarch,athlon}
> $ echo  "%_topdir      /home/stephan/redhat" >> .rpmmacros
> $ rpm -i source/hylafax-4.1.5-1rh7.src.rpm
> $ vi redhat/SPECS/hylafax.spec
> go in the changelog section and search for "%install section" string,
> replace it with "install section" (take out the %)
> $ rpmbuild -ba redhat/SPECS/hylafax.spec

This is very good advice in general.  It's a good habit to always 
build rpms this way.  You only need to su (or sudo) for the actual 
install part.

Just thought it was worth mentioning...

Steve


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