Re: [MPlayer-users] mplayer compilation error

[Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, 26 November 2002, David C. Diemer wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 
> Dean,
> 
> I gathered from reviewing your posts that you downloaded the source RPM
> and compiled from there. I've tried other source RPMs but then why I
> would want an RPM that has the source in it when it's available as a
> '.tgz' file?

I think the reason is pretty obvious: to have a custom-built RPM. This way
you get all the benefits of a binary RPM and you can customize the build
options.

> Have you tried to download and extract the source RPM again into a new
> directory (file writing error or download error? It only takes one bit
> to be off!) and compiling again?

With RPM (even source) you can check the md5 sum (and, sometimes, the
packager's signature).

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