[LinuxFailSafe] downloading software

[Kashif Shaikh]

On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 20:30, Frederico Faria wrote:
> Hi,
Hello,
> 
> I made the download of  "failsafe-1.0.4.SuSE1-0.src.rpm"  from SUSE site.
> 
>   I used the command : "rpm --rebuild failsafe-1.0.4.SuSE1-0.src.rpm"
> 
>    Then a message "Installing failsafe-1.0.4.SuSE1-0.src.rpm"  arose but 
> after nothing more happened!
> 
>      Is this the correct way to build the fail safe sources. Sorry, but 
> I am beginner to build source packages using  RPM.

I dunno why rebuild didn't work for you(are you using newer rpm version?
I've heard older versions don't work to well with new ones). I wouldn't
do a direct rebuild on Suse's rpms(unless you have a suse-distro) as it
will apply suse installation specific patches.

Anyways to make redhat rpms, after unrolling the tarball from the srpm,
do a 'make rpm'.  Read the archives if you need more info about this...

If you're new to rpm and want to learn more read Maximum RPM at
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm.  It's a very light read. 

Kashif