Jason Bailey, Sun Advocate Webmaster wrote:
I've never successfully built an rpm from a src rpm. And I could try compiling from source, but I don't know what configure parameters Novell used on this package (it would need to match).
Well, it should be as simple as typing "rpmbuild --rebuild <source rpm>" then installing the appropriate resulting package which will have been placed in /usr/src/packages/RPMS by the rpmbuild process.
That, and I can't seem to find anywhere where Novell's SRPMs for SLES are at. I have 4 install CDs and that's it.
I think the DVD has the sources - but the SLES sources won't help if you want something as new as 2.4.5 - I typically grab the opensuse source rpms from the kernel.org suse mirrors for building mail related packages on SLES, e.g. postfix, dovecot, spamassassin. In theory such a package may not be officially supported, but in practice it's not an issue. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org