You have used the option -r (with an argument of ebuild) (-rebuild) try using --rebuild (two hyphens) -r redefines the root location so -r/usr uses /usr. (hence the message you received) -Colin Bill wrote: > > As Root I've been trying to build an rpm frpm a src.rpm on Mandrake 7.2 as > follows :- > > 1)copied src.rpm to /usr/src/RPM/SRPMS/ > 2)in term cd'd to that directory > 3)rpm -rebuild foo.src.rpm > > and I get the error message " rpm: arguments to --root (-r) must begin with > a /" > > Would somebody please enlighten (no pun intended) me to what this means and > what (if appropriate) the correct method/comandis for creating RPMs from > src.rpms. > > Thanks > > Bill -- Colin Humphreys [EMAIL PROTECTED] OVEN Digital (ph) +612 85845428 (mob) +61 418437198 (fax) +612 95524700 PGP Key id: B6037E5E fprint: F0EA C979 C9E8 A5C9 EBA7 7C63 6F66 227B B603 7E5E -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
