On my linux from scratch system, I had to change the "topdir" in /usr/lib/rpm/macro and that got it to work. I think I did the same thing on Caldera, but I can't remember. You might want to try that.
On June 2, 2002 08:15 pm, you wrote: > On Monday 03 June 2002 07:56 am, you wrote: > > Marianne Taylor spewed electrons into the ether that resembled: > > > When using checkinstall to make the rpms for XFree 4.2 you need to use > > > the no strip option. (--strip=no) Otherwise should work > > > as advertised. I haven't done KDE 3.01 yet! > > > > I *HIGHLY* recommend you edit checkinstallrc and turn stripping OFF > > permanently. You never know when it's going to bite you in the arse > > There was only one instance, STRIP_ELF, which I turned off, =0. One thing > that would help is that it keeps asking where the source dir is > (usr/src/OpenLinux). How can I tell it where it is so as I do not have to > keep typing it in. Tried > # Storage directory for newly created packages > # By default they will be stored at the default > # location fot the package type > > PAK_DIR="/usr/src/OpenLinux" > > but still asks. -- Marianne Taylor _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
