Information about the package, shortrpm, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The shortrpm package is designed for, Short-circuit binary RPM package build.
Package Name:
shortrpm
Summary:
Short-circuit binary RPM package build
Description:
shortrpm tricks rpmbuild(1) into thinking certain scriptlets in SPEC file are empty, effectively skipping their run and proceeding to build the binary package from files from previous %install scriptlet run in BuildRoot. The trickery only takes place if both -bb and --short-circuit options are specified.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
17 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the shortrpm package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install shortrpm
This command will install shortrpm on the server.
yum remove shortrpm
This command will un-install shortrpm on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove shortrpm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove shortrpm
This command will un-install shortrpm on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove shortrpm when using the -y flag.
yum update shortrpm
This command will update shortrpm to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove shortrpm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update shortrpm
This command will update shortrpm to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove shortrpm when using the -y flag.
yum info shortrpm
This command will show you core information about the shortrpm package.
yum deplist shortrpm
This command will show you the dependencies for shortrpm. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update shortrpm
This command will check if there is an update waiting on shortrpm. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.