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Re: need to edit a spec file
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David Sommerseth <[log in to unmask]>
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David Sommerseth <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 23 May 2015 07:49:56 +0000
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On 23 May 2015 08:13:40 CEST, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I have a src rpm.  What is the easiest way to go into it,
>edit the spec file, get back out?
>
>Many thanks,
>-T


As your ordinary user (not root):

$ rpm -i whatever.src.rpm
$ cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
$ vim/emacs/gedit whatever.spec
$ rpmbuild -bs whatever.spec

Remeber that you should normally increase the Release tag number and add an entry in the %changelog section towards the end. You can alsorun rpmlint on the spec file to do some sanity checks.
--
kind regards,

David Sommerseth

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