Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
Since the introduction of the openSUSE buildservice we recommend people to use osc build (that uses build.rpm)
rpmbuild is still available but it is not recommended.
Perhaps I'm confusing the question by the venue in which I am asking. If someone has installed OS, but is not working on developing the next OS release, and wants to apply a local patch -- not for public consumption, but for testing, then the solution is to use the OS build server? Is it the intent that an OS build account (or access to one) will come with every installed distribution? At the very least, doesn't this cramp those who are not on a high speed connection to the internet -- not to mention those who may be doing development while not connected to the internet? For years, my linux-development machine was a Dell laptop (which has gone to the great laptop place in the afterlife (well, actually still sitting in my garage for possible cannibalization and because I haven't "buried" its body yet...)) -- I had all of my needed work and sources installed on it (think ~1998-2000 timeframe). 1GHz-P-IIIx512MB, 60GBx7200RPM drive, 32MB graphics w/1600x1200 display --- nothing by today's standards, but respectable in its day even against desktop machines. I used it for linux kernel and linux-distribution management/creation in one project and traveled giving presentations (Powerpoint) for another. I'd be using time in hotels & on flights to be working on my projects. Machine was dualboot, Linux and Win98SE, defaulting into linux. Win98 was also dual bootable -- either under VMWare or native. VMWare was suitable for most of my Windows needs, running most desktop software I needed for my presentation work just fine). So would build ... modern laptops...aren't ~200GB the top end for 7200RPM disks now? maybe a 2GHz Dual-Core...2GB memory -- be the choice for compiling an RPM now? If you were running a MAC-Book "Air" and Parallels to run OSuse -- and I wanted to patch and rebuild 1 RPM, that I already have the sources installed for -- the suggested solution is to find a 'Hot-Spot', so I can connect to build my rpm? Even locally, Is anyone suggesting that 'build' be used to rebuild an rpm's in that fashion? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org