Re: Can't compile glib2-2.2.3-1.1.src.rpm in old Red Hat Linux 7.1

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 17:13, Phillip Pi wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 16:52, Phillip Pi wrote:
> > > Hello. I am trying to upgrade glib2 libraries, but not able to do with 
> > > both RPMs and src.rpms:
> > > 
> > > [root ANTux-P3 download]# rpm -q glib2 
> > > glib2-2.0.4-1
> > > 
> > > [root ANTux-P3 download]# rpm -Uvh glib2-2.2.3-1.1.i386.rpm
> > > error: failed dependencies:
> > >         libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)   is needed by glib2-2.2.3-1.1
> > >         libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.3.2)   is needed by glib2-2.2.3-1.1
> > >         glib2 = 2.0.4 is needed by glib2-devel-2.0.4-1
> > > 
> > > 
> > > [snipped from rpm --rebuild glib2-2.2.3-1.1.src.rpm]
> > 
> > [..]
> > 
> > > -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Wall -c patterntest.c
> > > patterntest.c: In function `verbose':
> > > patterntest.c:35: parse error before `*'
> > > patterntest.c:38: `msg' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > patterntest.c:38: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > > patterntest.c:38: for each function it appears in.)
> > 
> > This has been fixed in CVS. Simplest way to work around it for you
> > is to simply comment 'make check' out of the spec file. This problem
> > only occurs in an uninstalled test program.
> 
> Hi Owen. Thank you for the speedy reply. How do I edit this so I can 
> recompile .src.rpm? I am not a Linux expert.

Well, most simply:

# rpm -Uvh blah.src.rpm
# cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
# <your favorite editor> blah.spec
# rpmbuild -bb blah.spec
[ 7.1 might still have been just 'rpm', not 'rpmbuild'; hard to
  remember at this point ]
Built RPMS will be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386

Regards,
						Owen