I am trying to put some hair on my chest on compile programs from the ground up using rpm. Since mozilla doesn't make rpms for Mandrake (9), I decided I want to make my own from the source. I know, RH ones work (well, I have never seen one not), but like I said, I am trying to learn and grow hair.
I have been looking at the man pages trying to understand, but I guess I am missing some of the terminology. Here is what I am putting (as root): rpm -v -ts --target i586-mandrake-linux-gnu mozilla-source-1.3b.tar.gz I was thinking that the -ts part means build the tarball and create the source (.src.rpm) My assumption is that once I have the .src.rpm, I can do rpm --rebuild whatever.src.rpm and build the rpm binary. That is, if I am understanding the terminology right. When I do the -ts command, I get an error: Bad File: /home/programs/xmlterm-source-Mar7-M14.tar.gz: No such file or directory. I did a search and installed a xmlterm-mozilla package and a libxml-devel file that was on the Mandrake 9 disks, but I still get the error. I have also tried -tb (I assume this just makes the RPM) and -ta (I assume this makes .rpm and .src.rpm) So anyone care to enlighten me? Thanks. -- Jacob Albretsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knine.net/ ADVISORY: There is an extremely small but nonzero chance that, through a process known as "tunneling," this product may spontaneously disappear from its present location and reappear at any random place in the universe, including your neighbor's domicile. The manufacturer will not be responsible for any damages or inconvenience that may result. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
