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Customizing your RPM build environment

Ever built an RPM as root user? Have you wondered about the implications if something goes wrong in your RPM spec file? Building RPM’s as root is dangerous, because the binary files are installed on the system before being packaged, … Continue reading

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Importing a trusted key for RPM packages

Often when you download and install software from the internet as an RPM package, have you thought about how trust worthy the packge is? Most download sites if they are genuine, list along side their downloads a link to a … Continue reading

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