source RPMs and updating

[brian]

Todd Zullinger wrote:
> brian wrote:
>> I've built my own Postfix package from SRPM and have recently 
>> updated it. To do so, I used the newer SRPM and repeated the 
>> process.
>> 
>> But, I'm wondering if, once a package has been built, can it be 
>> updated using a pre-built RPM without losing the specs used to
>> build the original? Or, will the newer RPM simply override
>> everything according to how it was built?
>> 
>> Just to clarify, the original built-from-source package was: 
>> postfix-2.5.1-1.sasl2.spf.fc8.i386.rpm
> 
> I'm a bit confused, but I think that what you're saying you've done
> is that you changed some of the default build options for postfix and
>  created your own binary package.  Correct?
> 
> If so, then you'll need to do the same thing again to build an
> updated postfix package.

Yeah, that's what I've been doing the last few upgrades for
Postfix: rebuilding a new package from SRPM.