http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/rpmbuild8.html
so I will try that out later (oop's meeting tonight - might be a bit later than I was thinking).
I got mislead by the instructions on the Linmodem site, but it looks clearer now.
ciao
Lance B
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Subject: RE: rpm --rebuild
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:21:36 +1300
Newer versions of RPM use the command rpmbuild.
rpm is know only used for install or uninstall.
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>Hi all
>
>I am having trouble with the above command.
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>I have installed ELX linunx (kernel is 2.4.17-elx) that Paul (e-cafe)
>downloaded for me. It is great - thanks Paul:)
>
>But now I am trying to get my winmodem going (I know :( - but it works fine
>with Mandrake - so should be able to get it going with this one as well).
>There are precompiled RPMs on the Linmodem site for Mandrake and Redhat etc,
>but I have to use a source rpm and rebuild it for ELX.
>
>I have tried running rpm --rebuild (package name) and I get the error
>message 'no such file or directory' (yet I used tab to complete the line so
>it is there of course).
>
>I have done some searching on Google w/out success so far - but am hoping
>someone may be able to point out my mistake quickly - or point me to a good
>reference to read up on this.
>
>Thanks ia
>
>Lance Blackler
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