Hi All

I am trying to rebuild an rpm from source (I cannot use the binary as I
have to compile with earlier libraries). To   my surpise it simply does
not happen. I remember having done this once before and then it worked.
In this case the rpm is transfig-3.2.1-3.src.rpm, so I issue the
command: 

rpm --rebuild  transfig-3.2.1-3.src.rpm

It goes through the compilation process and gives me an "exit 0" which
means it compiled OK. 
I am able to find the distribution in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD, ie in BUILD
there is a transfig.3.2.1 directory with all the binaries in it. But I
also need the binary rpm (to be able to install on the network). This
should have been placed in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386. But there is no
transfig-3.2.1-3.i386.rpm in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386.

I have tried this on two different computers. I am really baffled. What
happened here? In the manual pages for rpm it states very clearly that
the binary rpm is rebuilt from source if you provide the command 
rpm --rebuild <source-package> 

Anybody knows what the problem is here?  

Thanks 

Hugo 

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Dr Hugo Bouckaert - Systems Administrator, Computer Science UWA
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