On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:37:37AM +0000, Faheem Mitha wrote: | On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:53:27 -0800 (PST), nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Faheem Mitha said:
| > after it's compiled it usually dumps a binary rpm somewhere in | > /usr/src/rpms. | | Yes, this is what should happen in theory. However, this does not work | either, at least on the new computer. I get similar errors, ie. | | laplace:/home/faheem# rpm --rebuild plugger-4.0-17.src.rpm | Installing plugger-4.0-17.src.rpm | error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Back when I used redhat that was where it would unpack a source rpm to. Does that directory exist? Does the user running rpm have permission to create it? (I suspect not to both) -D -- Micros~1 : For when quality, reliability and security just aren't that important! http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/
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