[NBLUG/talk] rpm question

[Mark Street]

On Thursday 04 December 2003 21:04, ME wrote:
> If you  overlay one RPM over another that was built using the specfile
> with mods, what happens when an up2date or security update is performed?

It depends on how you have it configured I would imagine.  You probably 
wouldn't want it to automatically overwrite your custom packages, thus 
exclude them from update.

> Is the update manager smart enough to know that the version installed is a
> custom build so that it will not overwrite it with a "newer security
> update" that does not have interbase support? If so, does it tell the user
> that they will need to manually rebuild a new copy of a php plugin with a
> new src rpm that has been patched?

Ha!  I doubt it.  The updater is not going to tell you that you have 
customized a package unless you hack the version number when you create it.   
Most updaters look at the arch and version and make a decision.

From what I have seen, It looks like apt for rpm may have limited abilities 
for building source rpm packages into rpms.  I know you can have apt download 
.src.rpms.

 Source {
        Build-Command "rpmbuild --rebuild";
    };

This does not solve the issue of editing the .spec file to build the new 
source code and package though.

> If not, what is the suggested method for staying with custome RPM and
> security updates.

When an update becomes available download the src rpm with your favorite 
updater, apt, yum, redcarpet, ftp, http, edit the .spec file, rebuild it and 
install it.


> Mark Street said:
> > This is the trick, you don't extract the old php.  You force RPM to
> > install
> > over the top of the old one.  If you have a custom php.ini you should
> > keep a
> > backup of all your custom configs, if you don't have any just go right
> > over
> > the top.
> >
> > I don't run interbase with anything to test it on or I would report back
> > if it
> > works or not....  I can only tell you that php says it has interbase
> > functionality on my box.
> >
> > No need for the more installs or reboots from here on out. ; )
> >
> > On Thursday 04 December 2003 20:40, Todd Cary wrote:
> >> then see if I get the same results.  BUT, installing the new php over
> >> the old creates some challenges for me.  The "rpm -e" comes back with a
> >> list of all ov the dependent programs (expected).  Is there some easy
> >> way to "just slip in" this updated version without removing all of thoe
> >> others?

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