Re: Other than --rebuild, how do I use an SRPM file?

["Andrew E. Mileski" <andrewm isoar ca>]

Pete Peterson wrote:
> 
> I want to build the latest openssh for Red Hat 6.2.  I grabbed the
> SRPM and did an 'rpm --rebuild' on it and created a bunch of new
> RPM files.  The only problme is that the default configuration
> wasn't exactly what I wanted.  Unfortunately --rebuild removes
> all the intermediate data, so I couldn't modify patch files,
> config files or spec files --- whatever it is that I would have
> to change to, for instance, enable MD5 passwords.

  rpm -i sourcerpm.src.rpm
  cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
  rpm -bp sourcerpm.spec

Or if you just want to unroll the RPM to peek inside:
  rpm2cpio anyrpm.rpm | cpio -id

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Andrew E. Mileski
Ottawa, Canada