Rebuilding RPMs \\ Here's how to rebuild source RPMs on your computer. First, if you do not already have one, you will need to set up a workspace for building RPMs. This requires nothing more than creating a simple ~~.rpmmacros~~ file and an ~~rpms/~~ directory under your home directory. If you are using Fedora Linux, you can accomplish this goal by installing the __rpmdevtools__ package and then running the __rpmdev-setuptree__ command: {code:none} $ sudo yum -y install rpmdevtools $ rpmdev-setuptree {code} Otherwise, the following shell commands will do the trick: {code:none} $ echo %_topdir ~/rpm >> ~/.rpmmacros $ mkdir ~/rpm/{BUILD,SOURCES,SRPMS,RPMS,SPECS} $ mkdir ~/rpm/RPMS/{i{3,5,6}86,noarch,athlon} {code} Then you can rebuild packages from their ~~.src.rpm~~ files with a single command: {code:none} rpmbuild --rebuild package-name-~~version-release~~.src.rpm {code} When the rebuilding process is complete, your new RPM file(s) will be located in the appropriate architecture-specific subdirectories of your ~~\~/rpms/RPMS/~~ directory. 1.1 Example: Rebuilding perl-Test-LectroTest Here's how you would go about rebuilding ~~perl-Test-LectroTest~~ version 0.2007 from its ~~.src.rpm~~ file: {code:none} $ rpmbuild --rebuild perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1.src.rpm {code} The resulting output is verbose but informative. In particular, note the "Wrote: ~~file~~" lines near the end, which tell us exactly which RPM files were created for us. {code:none} Installing perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1.src.rpm Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18218 + umask 022 + cd /home/thor/rpm/BUILD + LANG=C + export LANG + unset DISPLAY + cd /home/thor/rpm/BUILD + rm -rf Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + /usr/bin/gzip -dc /home/thor/rpm/SOURCES/Test-LectroTest-0.2007.tar.gz + tar -xf - + STATUS=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' + cd Test-LectroTest-0.2007 ++ /usr/bin/id -u + '[' 500 = 0 ']' ++ /usr/bin/id -u + '[' 500 = 0 ']' + /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,g-w,o-w . + exit 0 Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18218 + umask 022 + cd /home/thor/rpm/BUILD + cd Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + LANG=C + export LANG + unset DISPLAY + CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 + perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Test::LectroTest + make 'OPTIMIZE=-O2 -g -pipe -march=i386 -mcpu=i686' cp lib/Test/LectroTest/TestRunner.pm blib/lib/Test/LectroTest/TestRunner.pm cp lib/Test/LectroTest/Tutorial.pod blib/lib/Test/LectroTest/Tutorial.pod cp lib/Test/LectroTest/Property.pm blib/lib/Test/LectroTest/Property.pm cp lib/Test/LectroTest/Generator.pm blib/lib/Test/LectroTest/Generator.pm cp lib/Test/LectroTest.pm blib/lib/Test/LectroTest.pm Manifying blib/man3/Test::LectroTest::Tutorial.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Test::LectroTest::TestRunner.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Test::LectroTest::Generator.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Test::LectroTest::Property.3pm Manifying blib/man3/Test::LectroTest.3pm + exit 0 Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.86392 + umask 022 + cd /home/thor/rpm/BUILD + cd Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + LANG=C + export LANG + unset DISPLAY + rm -rf /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root ++ perl -V:installarchlib + eval 'installarchlib='\''/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi'\'';' ++ installarchlib=/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi + mkdir -p /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi + make prefix=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr exec_prefix=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr bindir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/bin sbindir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/sbin sysconfdir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/etc datadir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share includedir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/include libdir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib libexecdir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/libexec localstatedir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/var sharedstatedir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/com mandir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/man infodir=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/info install Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest.pm Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest/TestRunner.pm Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest/Tutorial.pod Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest/Property.pm Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest/Generator.pm Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest::Tutorial.3pm Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest::TestRunner.3pm Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest::Generator.3pm Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest::Property.3pm Installing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest.3pm Writing /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Test/LectroTest/.packlist Appending installation info to /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod ++ find /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root -type f -name perllocal.pod -o -name .packlist + rm -f /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Test/LectroTest/.packlist + '[' -x /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress ']' + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress + find /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr -type f -print + sed 's@^/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root@@g' ++ cat perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-filelist + '[' '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest.pm /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest/TestRunner.pm /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest/Tutorial.pod /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest/Property.pm /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/LectroTest/Generator.pm /usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest::Generator.3pm.gz /usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest::Property.3pm.gz /usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest.3pm.gz /usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest::Tutorial.3pm.gz /usr/share/man/man3/Test::LectroTest::TestRunner.3pm.gzX' = X ']' + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh /home/thor/rpm/BUILD/Test-LectroTest-0.2007 0 blocks find: /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/lib/debug: No such file or directory + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-compress + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip /usr/bin/strip + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip-static-archive /usr/bin/strip + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip-comment-note /usr/bin/strip /usr/bin/objdump Processing files: perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1 Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44472 + umask 022 + cd /home/thor/rpm/BUILD + cd Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + DOCDIR=/var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/doc/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + export DOCDIR + rm -rf /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/doc/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/doc/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + cp -pr Changes README TODO /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root/usr/share/doc/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + exit 0 Provides: perl(Test::LectroTest) perl(Test::LectroTest::Generator) perl(Test::LectroTest::Property) perl(Test::LectroTest::TestRunner) perl(Test::LectroTest::TestRunner::results) perl(Test::LectroTest::TestRunner::testcontroller) Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 Requires: perl(:WITH_ITHREADS) perl(:WITH_LARGEFILES) perl(:WITH_THREADS) perl(Carp) perl(Class::Struct) perl(Data::Dumper) perl(Exporter) perl(Filter::Util::Call) perl(List::Util) perl(Test::LectroTest::Generator) perl(Test::LectroTest::Property) perl(Test::LectroTest::TestRunner) perl(constant) perl(strict) perl(warnings) Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root Wrote: /home/thor/rpm/RPMS/noarch/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1.noarch.rpm Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44472 + umask 022 + cd /home/thor/rpm/BUILD + cd Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + rm -rf /var/tmp/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1-root + exit 0 Executing(--clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44472 + umask 022 + cd /home/thor/rpm/BUILD + rm -rf Test-LectroTest-0.2007 + exit 0 {code} When everything was said and done, one custom-built RPM file was created: {code:none} Wrote: /home/thor/rpm/RPMS/noarch/perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1.noarch.rpm {code} We can then install this package like normal: {code:none} $ cd /home/thor/rpm/RPMS/noarch $ sudo rpm -Uhv perl-Test-LectroTest-0.2007-1.noarch.rpm {code} And that's all there is to it! 2007-05-27 18:28:38.289 2004-10-16 14:51:20.432