building own RPMs

[Matthew Miller]

On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 12:41:58PM +0100, RAT wrote:
> > A few key tips: 
> >   - don't build as root -- set up the ~/rpmbuild thing instead
> Why is it so? What's wrong about building rpms as root? 

Because as root, a mistake in your specfile could hork your whole system.


> >   - make as few changes as possible from the original RPM; this'll make
> >     your life easier later.
> Well, I think patching is nicer. Create always a patch using diff tool
> and add it to a spec file. 

Sure. That's not opposed to what I said at all.



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