[techtalk] Re: rpms r bad? (was Linux-Mandrake)

[coldfire]

> While we're on the subject, and since you mention deploying software to N
> boxen on a network, I have a question.
> 
> Does anyone have any insight in taking an rpm, modifying a couple files,
> and repackaging the rpm?  I've been reading the rpm man page as I get
> time, but it's huge, and I'm not interested in rebuilding rpms from
> source, i'd just like to incorporate our site-specific configurations for
> stuff like yp, printers, fonts, etc when i install a new host....
> 
> Has anyone done anything like that with rpm before?

whenever i found an rpm i needed installed on my slackware system, i
would just use a little app called 'alien' .. it converts tarballs to rpms
to this to that .. you'd probably be able to do whatever yu want with it


abe