How do you "configure" a source RPM (.src.rpm)

[Andrew Hodel]

If I am correct, I think the .src.rpm is for this:

Basically, extracting the information (source) from the file, and setting=
 it=20
in a source directory structure.  After this, you are supposed to "config=
ure"=20
it to meet your demands, and THEN you recompile it as a regular .ppc.rpm=20
file, then just rpm -i *.ppc.rpm

I don't really know if this is right but correct me if I am wrong.  If I =
am=20
correct, that would mean you can't just run make, make install, etc, but =
that=20
you will need to rebuild the file as a .ppc.rpm file.

Andrew Hodel

On Wednesday 02 October 2002 01:53, Bernard mentink wrote:
>   Hi All,
>
> A quick question. How do you get RPM to allow you to pause the
> installation, in order to run ./configure. I can not see
> an option in "man rpm". I am doing the normal "rpm --rebuild" to obtain
> the ppc.rpm, but can not find a way to do any
> customization.
>
> The only option, I can see, is after the build, to get into the src
> directory and re-configure, make etc etc, but the subseqent install
> proberly does not put the executable in the same place as the normal rp=
m
> -i.
>
> Hope that makes sense. :-\
>
> Thanks,
> Bernie.
>
>
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