Anton Graham wrote: > > Submitted 09-Oct-00 by Praedor Tempus: > > I have been totally unable to build XFree86-4.0.1-23 or -24mdk.src.rpm. > > It almost completes, getting to the point of doing all the "finding > > rpm-requires" and "finding rpm provides" messages that usually go > > hand-in-hand with binary rpm writing. Instead, it gets to a point > > and just...stops. No error messages: [...] > I suspect the error message is higher up than what you show here. Could you > try the build in an xterm and scroll up? I have seen this when a file in > the %files section is missing from one subpackage. It processes all of the > packages but generates no rpms. Thank you for a potentially useful reply (my one and only so far). I will try again and try scrolling up and up and up... Will a simple xterm (or any other standard term) scroll up enough? There is a LOT of info whizzing by on the screen. I just wish that XFree would actually produce a useful config.log or error.log. What are they (the XFree people) thinking? praedor
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