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From: Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
Reply-To: rpm-list@redhat.com
To: rpm-list@redhat.com
Subject: [rh-rpm] Re: rpmbuild and rpm -ba
On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:03:44AM -0700, Koegler, Eric E wrote:
> What is the difference between "rpm -b" and "rpmbuild"?
> Should I switch from the former to the latter? Why?
Yes, rpmbuild should be used, as the build modes moved out of the /bin/rpm
executable 2 years ago.
Quoting from the current rpm.8 man page:
...
LEGACY ISSUES
Executing rpmbuild
The build modes of rpm are now resident in the
/usr/bin/rpmbuild executable. Although legacy compatibil
ity provided by the popt aliases below has been adequate,
the compatibility is not perfect; hence build mode compat
ibility through popt aliases is being removed from rpm.
Install the rpmbuild package, and see rpmbuild(8) for doc
umentation of all the rpm build modes previously docu
mented here in rpm(8).
Add the following lines to /etc/popt if you wish to con
tinue invoking rpmbuild from the rpm command line:
rpm exec --bp rpmb -bp
rpm exec --bc rpmb -bc
rpm exec --bi rpmb -bi
rpm exec --bl rpmb -bl
rpm exec --ba rpmb -ba
rpm exec --bb rpmb -bb
rpm exec --bs rpmb -bs
rpm exec --tp rpmb -tp
rpm exec --tc rpmb -tc
rpm exec --ti rpmb -ti
rpm exec --tl rpmb -tl
rpm exec --ta rpmb -ta
rpm exec --tb rpmb -tb
rpm exec --ts rpmb -ts
rpm exec --rebuild rpmb --rebuild
rpm exec --recompile rpmb --recompile
rpm exec --clean rpmb --clean
rpm exec --rmsource rpmb --rmsource
rpm exec --rmspec rpmb --rmspec
rpm exec --target rpmb --target
rpm exec --short-circuit rpmb --short-circuit
...
> Exactly how do the results differ? (Or where are these differences
> documented? Or how do I determine these differences without extensive
> testing or searching through code?)
You've been executing /usr/bin/rpmbuild for two years and *now* you
want to test the results? Too late ...
73 de Jeff
Last updated: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:15:05 -0400
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