Hi all... For those who care... this is a spec file for use in creating a dummy kernel package. It's a minor irritant of mine to continually use --nodeps on RPMs. :o) To use it, create a source package, kernel.tar.bz2 with the following files: kernel-2.2.15/usr/doc/kernel/base kernel-2.2.15/usr/doc/kernel/headers Mine are zero length files created using "touch". As I said, I don't know if anyone cares, but here it is... John %define name kernel %define version 2.2.15 %define release 1mdk Summary: Dummy kernel RPMs for those who are well past Mandrake... Name: %{name} Version: %{version} Release: %{release} Source0: %{name}.tar.bz2 Copyright: GPL Group: System/Kernel BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-buildroot Prefix: %{_prefix} %description Dummy kernel package that fools the RPM database into believing that the kernel is installed. %package headers Summary: Dummy kernel headers Group: Development/Kernel Requires: kernel %description headers Dummy kernel headers that allows you to fool the RPM database into thinking you have the kernel packages installed. %prep %setup %build %install rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT cp -R * $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr %clean rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT %files %defattr(-,root,root) /usr/doc/kernel/base %files headers %defattr(-,root,root) /usr/doc/kernel/headers %changelog * Thu May 4 2000 John Cavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Created dummy kernel packages