Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 322

RPMS
where the completed binary packages are stored
SRPMS
here are the source RPMs
When you install a source package with YaST, all the necessary components are installed
in /usr/src/packages: the sources and the adjustments in SOURCES and the
relevant .spec file in SPECS.
WARNING
Do not experiment with system components (glibc, rpm, sysvinit, etc.),
because this endangers the operability of your system.
The following example uses the wget.src.rpm package. After installing the package
with YaST, you should have files similar to the following listing:
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/nops_doc.diff
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/toplev_destdir.diff
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/wget-1.9.1+ipvmisc.patch
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/wget-1.9.1-brokentime.patch
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/wget-1.9.1-passive_ftp.diff
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/wget-LFS-20040909.tar.bz2
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/wget-wrong_charset.patch
/usr/src/packages/SPECS/wget.spec
rpmbuild -b X /usr/src/packages/SPECS/wget.spec starts the com-
pilation. X is a wild card for various stages of the build process (see the output of
--help or the RPM documentation for details). The following is merely a brief expla-
nation:
-bp
Prepare sources in /usr/src/packages/BUILD: unpack and patch.
-bc
Do the same as -bp, but with additional compilation.
-bi
Do the same as -bp, but with additional installation of the built software. Caution:
if the package does not support the BuildRoot feature, you might overwrite confi-
guration files.
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