Getting SRPM from Extras

[Michael A. Peters]

On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 02:50 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:

> 
> I repackaged openal from FC3 on my FC2 system. I can't imagine anything in 
> the SRPM that would be incompatible. I wouldn't upgrade a core component 
> like a kernel or glibc that way, but an add-on like openal should be ok.

I do the same thing from time to time - usually my running version of
fedora core is the current, but sometimes I repackage stuff from
rawhide.

There is a potential issue, it can result in other packages you want not
having their requirements meant because they require the older version,
those usually can be worked around (often just rebuilding the src.rpm so
it links against the version you have) - but that's not generally
recommended for people who just need things to work without having to
futz around.