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Re: help with SRPMS, e.g., libc-5.3.12.src.rpm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Troan)
Sun Oct 20 14:25:10 1996
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 14:23:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
To: John Salmon <johns@sockeye.fishnet.caltech.edu>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <m1ramtijji.fsf@fishnet.caltech.edu>
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On 20 Oct 1996, John Salmon wrote:
> Second, some additional clues. A colleague suggested that I have to
> run as root because rpm -i wants to install stuff in a root-owned
> directory. Sure enough. I was able to do rpm -i, but none of the -b
> options work yet. For example, starting with empty
> /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES and SPECS directories:
>
> [root@penguin SRPMS]# rpm -bp libc-5.3.12-8.src.rpm
> Unknown Field: \355\253\356\333
>
> Build failed.
> [root@penguin SRPMS]# rpm -i libc-5.3.12-8.src.rpm
> [root@penguin SRPMS]# rpm -bp libc-5.3.12-8.src.rpm
> Unknown Field: \355\253\356\333
>
> Build failed.
> [root@penguin SRPMS]#
The -b options run against a .spec file, not against a .src.rpm.
You can also set a topdir in .rpmrc to use a directory tree other then
/usr/src/redhat fwiw.
Erik
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