[CentOS] recommended way to install source rpms?
Phil Schaffner
Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Mon Oct 11 15:49:13 UTC 2010
Robert P. J. Day wrote on 10/10/2010 05:56 PM:
...
> http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/SourceInstalls
>
> seems just a touch on the hysterical side. i don't disagree that
> installing packages from the source rpm is probably a questionable
> idea. but that doesn't justify simply not explaining how to do it
> easily.
I think you missed the main point of that page. It is about (not)
installing from source tarballs, although using packages from a reliable
repo if available is good advice anyway. Perhaps that page would
benefit from a link to
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/RebuildSRPM
That is only one hop away via the RPMs link that is on the
SourceInstalls page.
Any comments on the latter page are welcome, but probably best done on
the centos-docs list.
Phil
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