I have an SRPM that I need to build on my Debian box. Really, I don't need to build it I just need to get to the patch phase (-bp) so that it constructs the proper source hierarchy and applies the patches (there are a lot of patches and they have to be applied in a certain order).
I'd installed the Debian RPM and I used rpm -i to install the SRPM, which put the source in the SOURCES directory and the spec file in the SPECS directory just fine. But, when I try to run the "rpm -bp" I get this error: error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) error: cannot open rpm database in /var/lib/rpm I created that directory and put an empty Packages file there, but I get: error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) error: cannot open rpm database in /var/lib/rpm I don't want to do anything else with RPM, I just want to get this source set up correctly. It's annoying that I appear to need a Packages DB just for that, but I apparently do. Does anyone know how to construct a legal Packages file (I guess it can be empty--not contain any packages) on my Debian (woody/testing) box? Thx. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Methods & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
