Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-12 21:57:35 +0000]: > > rpm is trying to mkdir /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES, of course this fails if > > /usr/src/rpm does not exist. It's dumb code and a bad error message.
Actually it does not try to make the directories. It just fails if the directories are not premade. > Oh, I see. I thought something like install -d was the conventional > way to do this. Inside of rpm it is a C program and it should make the directories using C code. The 'install -d' is for makefiles which are shell scripts. If you are building rpms and want to do so in your home directory this I suggest this. File $HOME/.rpmmacros: %_topdir /home/replay-with-your-login-name-here/src/rpms Then make all of the directories it wants in ~/src/rpms/RPMS, etc. and you can have a private build area. This is they way I build my own rpms. No collisions with other processes in the shared /usr/src area. Bob
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