Hah! An undocumented "update" to TAR that was available on the
developers machine(s).
Look at the spec file in /usr/src/RPM/SPECS for the bind program.
You can change it there and then use rebuild by using the modified spec
file as well.
The RPM book explains it. I don't remember the command to do this.
You can update the source RPM with your modified spec.
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Craig Woods
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 3:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Can you believe it?
I can....
Still hacking away at rebuilding the bind 9 src file, I have added
openssl-devel, libxml, libxml-devel, numerous updates, and a parser
named
byacc, and now I am closer than ever. This is what I now get at the end
of a
very long compile session....
+ cd /var/tmp/bind-root/usr/share/man
+ tar xjf /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/bind-manpages.tar.bz2
tar: invalid option -- j
Try `tar --help' for more information.
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.47472 (%install)
It is hard to believe but somehow, during the install phase of the "rpm
--rebuild" process, the process is issuing a tar command with an "j"
option.
Hell, I have never seen a "j" switch, and neither has man tar. Is there
someway to alter this command? I think it might be the last piece in
what has
been a veritable jigsaw puzzle......
Again thanks to all,
Craig Woods
UNIX SA
