GAIM 0.82

[Olaf Olson]

Thanks, Eddie.

The reason I was proposing such a thing as compiling from source was 
that I didn't know it was possible to rebuild a newer RPM. I thought 
that if YDL couldn't find it in a yum update, it couldn't be found. I 
was also under the impression that if there was no update, your only 
solution was to compile it from source and bring it in. I am happy to 
hear that there is an alternative.

As the purpose for me to have YDL is to learn, I am going to delete my 
recently installed GAIM 0.82, reinstall (yum install gaim) to the old 
version, then follow your instructions to build a new rpm and install it.

I appreciate the new (for me) technique!

Olaf

Perhaps this should be added to the FAQ

Eddie Bindt wrote:

>And,
>
>to be not just the guy who says but not explains ...
>
>get the fedora src.rpm
>
>rpm -Uvh gaim<version>.src.rpm
>vi /usr/src/yellowdog/SPEC/gaim.spec
>
>change all "sed -i" occurrences into "sed" because ydl3 sed does not 
>understand "-i", that comes in after fc1 ...
>
>in the top of the spec file, set all extra options to "0" ... Most people 
>do not need them and most of it will not work on ydl3 anyway. If you 
>really need/want them, wait for ydl4 ...
>
>do
>
>rpmbuild -ba gaim.spec
>
>if all is well, your new rpm is build ...
>
>do 
>rpm -Uvh /usr/src/yellowdog/RPMS/ppc/gaim<version>ppc.rpm
>
>and all is fine ...
>
>Eddie
>
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