[HACKERS] Re: RPMs (was Re: Re: Beta2 ... ?)

[Thomas Lockhart]

> It's pretty dramatic to get the 'You don't have permissions to install'
> message from the perl 'make install' when I am performing the build (and
> the make install) as root.  Particularly when 7.0's perl 'make install'
> worked semi-properly.  I say semi-properly because the packing list had
> to be rewritten -- but at least the install did its job to the proper
> build-root'ed location.

Just an fyi...

I have been having trouble with one of the package files disappearing
from the temporary instllation area during the rpm build of pg-7.0.3 for
Mandrake on Mandrake-7.2 using a recent source RPM. I haven't tracked
down the problem yet :(

                   - Thomas