Richard, On Saturday 14 May 2005 13:41, Richard Bos wrote:
Op zaterdag 14 mei 2005 22:23, schreef John Bailo:
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My questions are:
If I download a package, can I recompile it for my machine and then install the "refreshed" rpm?
Download the src.rpm and use rpm --rebuild <the rpm>
Would that make it "run better" ?
Might be, but I don't think it is worth the effort.
Could you clarify my understanding, perhaps? If one simply downloads a source RPM from SuSE and rebuilds it without changing the spec file, won't they get a new binary RPM that is essentially identical? It might have some different time stamps and perhaps the build environment difference might produce some small discrepancies, but if it builds successfully, will it not be for all practical purposes the same binary RPM?
-- Richard Bos
Randall Schulz