Patching an RPM - non source

[George Machitidze]

Hi

Similar thing is delta rpm (.drpm), but you will need full rpm files for
both versions to have a diff.

http://linux.die.net/man/8/makedeltarpm
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Presto

Best regards,
George Machitidze
ICT consultant



On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:57 PM, devzero2000 <pinto.elia at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, James R Maxwell <jrmaxwell at raytheon.com>
> wrote:
> > We are in the process of creating some RPMs and I have a question.
> >
> > If we create a RPM from non source code, such as derived objects in
> > clearcase (such as module_a-1.0.0.0-a.noarch.rpm) and need to patch the
> > items in this RPM, how do we structrue the patch RPM? and what do we call
> > this patched RPM?
> With o without source, there is no concept of patch RPM, in the sense
> that I suppose you mean (exist in other package manager - mostly
> proprietary) . Patch RPM was another concept in the past in the RPM
> community.
>
>
> Whether you use a single package or subpackage, make the change in the
> original spec, update the version,  and updates the rpm.
>
> hth
> >
> > Thank you
> > Jim
> >
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