On 30 Sep 2001, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
> Ian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Trying to rebuild MAKEDEV-3.2-3mdk from the src package as a user gives
> > all sorts of errors like:
> >
> > File must begin with "/": %dev(c,
> > File must begin with "/": 3,
> > File must begin with "/": 17)
> >
> > But it works as root.
>
> yes this package has psychological problems to be build as user :p
>
haha. can you put in something in the spec file to deal with the attempt
then? that way people like me won't sit there going 'wtf did i do wrong
now?'
--- MAKEDEV.spec~ Thu Aug 30 02:45:48 2001
+++ MAKEDEV.spec Sat Sep 29 19:34:20 2001
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@
%build
#find . -name '*%{extpatch}'|xargs rm -f
-make OPTFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+if [ `id -u` = 0 ] ; then
+ make OPTFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+else
+ echo "Chmou sucks. Rebuild as root"
+ exit 1
+fi
