Re: FDW: another rpm tool : rpmrebuild

[R P Herrold <herrold owlriver com>]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Jeff Johnson wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 02:30:54PM -0400, R P Herrold 
>        wrote, quoting Eric Gerbier:
> > 
> > rpmrebuild is a tool to build an RPM file from a package that has
> > already been installed
> > I know there is an "repackage" option in recent rpm releases, but it is
> > not convenient, as you have to uninstall the package

and Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Jeff Johnson wrote:
 
> Just for the record:
> 
> 	rpm --repackage is an entirely different beastie than rpmrebuild.
> <snip> 
> 	That means that the recreated package is *NOT* the same as the
> 	original package, nor will a repackaged package install like
> 	the original package. Please don't even think about distributing
> 	packages that were recreated using rpm --repackage.

yep ... (nods)  -- I have never futz'd with repackage in RPM,
and really do not see why I would, so long as sources are
available to me -- easier to just rpmbuild a new copy, and get
all the other benefits.

Does   rpm --repackage   make any guesses as to pre- and post- 
scripting based on the rpm database; when is:  rpm --repackage   
_sensibly_ used?

-- Russ Herrold