On 19-Sep-2000 Giulio Orsero spoke something to the effect:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:54:20 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>
>>> XXX.i386.rpm package. It creates only files in BUILD, SPECS and SOURCES
>>> directories in /usr/src/redhat/ path. No problem with the original
>>> version
>>> of the rpm package in the distribution (RedHat Version 6.2).
>>> Anyone the same problem or a solution?
>>
>>I have the same problem. I was beginning to think it was something I did
>>since I haven't rebuilt anything for awhile.
>
> The new rpm introduced the so called build policies: now binaries are
> stripped and man pages gzipped automatically.
> If you have a src.rpm which lists man pages as
>
> /usr/man/man8/*.8
> or some such, the build will fail.
>
> Look for errors at the end of the build phase.
Sometimes there are. Others, the build goes merrily along, configures
things and sometimes even goes at least partway through the build. Then it
stops with no error, no signals as to what went wrong or anything to
indicate a binary wasn't built, and worse, no binary.
--
It was all so different before everything changed.
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