Bill wrote: > > As Root I've been trying to build an rpm frpm a src.rpm on Mandrake 7.2 as > follows :- > > 1)copied src.rpm to /usr/src/RPM/SRPMS/ > 2)in term cd'd to that directory > 3)rpm -rebuild foo.src.rpm Not too familiar with mandrake but try this rpm -Uvh foo.src.rpm cd /usr/src/RPM/SPECS rpm -bb foo.spec Kevin "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." ~Benjamin Franklin, 1759 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug