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Hi how to unpacks and rebuild rpm package on fedora? Could any one help me on this!

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you could unpack rpm using command 

rpm2cpio package.rpm | cpio -i --make-directories

If you want to modify package, the better way is to download package.src.rpm file, install it using rpm -i package.src.rpm. This would place sources to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES. You could patch sources and modify spec file located in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/ and then rebuild package using

rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/package.spec
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I don't file /usr/src/redhat – M.Rezaei Oct 28 '09 at 9:48
yumdownloader (in yum-utils package) is handy for snagging srpms. – Chad Huneycutt Oct 28 '09 at 14:19
the directory /usr/src/redhat should be created, when you install your first source rpm. – sumar Oct 30 '09 at 10:04
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