RE: How do I update ONLY GLib?

["Warren Fenlon" <wrfpublic charter net>]

Ok, that sounds like an interesting possibility, but I am something of a
neophyte when it comes to compiling system "stuff".  I DO know how to
install rpms anyway.  My assumption from the src.rpm name is that it is
source only files and after installing it there is a build step, but:
1. What is the "spec" file?,
2. How do I "inform" the build process where my new glib files are?, and
3. What is the build syntax?

Probably pretty basic questions, but I really do NOT want to screw up my
system :-).

Warren

-----Original Message-----
From: gtk-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:gtk-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of David Necas (Yeti)
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:25 PM
To: gtk-list gnome org
Subject: Re: How do I update ONLY GLib?

On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 04:02:02PM -0600, Warren's Public Email wrote:
> 
> I should have mentioned that I am compiling on a Core Duo Thinkpad running
> Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 (rhel4).  I checked what packages were available
> with yum, but did not see anything new enough for what I want to do.  I
also
> spent quite a bit of time poking around the web for a compatible rpm that
> would work on my system -- all to no avail.

I don't use RHEL, but looking at src.rpm of the RHEL4 glib2
package, changing Version in the spec file and rebuiling the
rpm with the new glib tarball should be sufficient.

Yeti


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