[TriLUG] rpm builds

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 09:45, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 17:58, Scott Stancil wrote:
> 
> > 1.  Install the mod_dav source RPM.  I untarred the source, edited and 
> > tarred it up again.  Ran rpmbuild --bb.  Anyone know the options to run 
> > the build process without running the prep off the top of your head?
> 
> If you're on redhat, I don't believe you can.  This breaks the entire
> model of "reproducible builds" and "pristine sources" that rpm is built
> upon.

Right... if you don't like something that's being done in the prep
stage, the best option is to edit the .spec file from the SRPM, change
what it's doing "wrong," and rebuild.

--Jeremy