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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@steadycom.com.au>
  Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 17:16:38 +1030 (CST)

Re: Building binary RPM packages

On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Toby Corkindale wrote:

> I've been reading the RPM HOWTO, and it's all about how to make an RPM
> that will take source code, patch it, make it, install it, and then make
> an RPM out of those files.
> What it doesn't explain is how to make an RPM out of a set of files
> you've already got.
<SNIP>

perhaps what your looking at is something like:

rpm -bi --short-circuit yourspecfile

Then just list the files under %install% that you need in the rpm.

Cheers,
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* Benjamin Close
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