Trying to build tightvnc for FC10 from FC11 src.rpm

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Feb 12 19:11:00 UTC 2009


Will Woods wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 13:32 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>   
>> So what should be my current dir, and what rpmbuild command do I use? (I 
>> will add this to my journal of 'learning rpmbuilding').
>>     
>
> Build from the *specfile*, not the SRPM:
>
> rpmbuild -ba tightvnc.spec
>
> If that's successful you'll get new binary RPMS and a new SRPM, which
> includes your customized tightvnc.spec.
>
> I recommend also adding --define 'dist .rm1' or similar, to make it
> obvious that you're using a package that you built rather than a Fedora
> package. (I do --define 'dist .ww1' - either way, it's considered
> "newer" than .fcX)

Thanks!  I just need better notes, as once upon a time, I did a build 
this way!  :)





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