Re: how to build a patched binary rpm from a source rpm?

[Nigel Metheringham <nigel metheringham dev intechnology co uk>]

On 16 Oct 2007, at 16:30, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> i should have noted that i knew about that approach -- i guess i was
> just curious why there wasn't an "rpmbuild" option that supported
> short-circuiting starting at the build step and continuing from there,
> which would be emphatically quick and dirty.

The whole idea of rpm is to package reproducible scripted builds from
pristine sources. Fiddling with the build part way through breaks that.

    Nigel
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