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* Edit the spec file. Typically this involves adding a new patch, which is done by adding a <tt>PatchNN:</tt> tag and a corresponding <tt>%patchNN</tt> rule in <tt>%setup</tt>. Some of the intricacies of RPM spec files are unveiled in the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines Fedora Packaging Guidelines].

* ~~Remember to bump~~ the ~~revision~~ after each change ~~or your package won't be seen as an update relative to what is in the cache!~~

* Increase the release number after each change.

* <tt>make i586</tt>

* ~~Wait for rpmbuild to do its job~~

* Upload rpm to a yum repository and add it to the ini file used by the OLPC OS builder.

* Now upload this rpm to a yum repository and add it to the ini file used by the OLPC OS builder.

* To automate this step, we have a rule <tt>make uploadrpm</tt> which points at the Dextrose repository. Edit <tt>rpms/common/Makefile.common</tt> or <tt>rpms/common/uploadrpm</tt> to retarget this rule to your repository.

== Building custom OLPC kernels ==

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 * Edit the spec file. Typically this involves adding a new patch, which is done by adding a <tt>PatchNN:</tt> tag and a corresponding <tt>%patchNN</tt> rule in <tt>%setup</tt>. Some of the intricacies of RPM spec files are unveiled in the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines Fedora Packaging Guidelines].
-* Remember to bump the revision after each change or your package won't be seen as an update relative to what is in the cache!
+* Increase the release number after each change.
 * <tt>make i586</tt>
-* Wait for rpmbuild to do its job
+* Upload rpm to a yum repository and add it to the ini file used by the OLPC OS builder.
-* Now upload this rpm to a yum repository and add it to the ini file used by the OLPC OS builder.
 * To automate this step, we have a rule <tt>make uploadrpm</tt> which points at the Dextrose repository. Edit <tt>rpms/common/Makefile.common</tt> or <tt>rpms/common/uploadrpm</tt> to retarget this rule to your repository.
 == Building custom OLPC kernels ==