Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cs.leidenuniv.nl> writes: > ? RPM does not do this: when you unpack a source rpm it just unpacks > the .rpm. The commands in the SPECS file are only run when you explicitly > tell rpm to build a package. Sources have specs too, but I'm not sure if arbitrary commands can be run or if they have a limited set of commands. I agree with others that only a limited set of commands should be allowed. Guy