Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-13 21:05:46 +]: > I see. But in that case the error message does seem rather misleading. > Why does it complain about not being able to make directories if it is > not trying to make them? (I haven't examined the internals of rpm). Since it is not a me

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-13 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:31:18 -0700, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-12 21:57:35 +]: >> > rpm is trying to mkdir /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES, of course

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-12 21:57:35 +]: > > rpm is trying to mkdir /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES, of course this fails if > > /usr/src/rpm does not exist. It's dumb code and a bad error message. Actually it does not try to make the directories. It just fails if the directories are no

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-12 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:37:58 -0500, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Faheem Mitha wrote: >> No. Am I supposed to create it? Isn't this something that should be >> done automatically, by a postinst script of whatever? If I am supposed >> to create it, I think it should be documented. > > The

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-12 Thread Joey Hess
Faheem Mitha wrote: > No. Am I supposed to create it? Isn't this something that should be > done automatically, by a postinst script of whatever? If I am supposed > to create it, I think it should be documented. The directory is supposed to be included in the package but was left out by mistake. I

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 00:10:46 -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:37:37AM +, Faheem Mitha wrote: >|

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:37:37AM +, Faheem Mitha wrote: | On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:53:27 -0800 (PST), nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Faheem Mitha said: | > after it's compiled it usually dumps a binary rpm somewhere in | > /usr/src/rpms. | | Yes, this is what should happen in theory. How

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:53:27 -0800 (PST), nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Faheem Mitha said: >> Dear People, > >> In case anyone is wondering, I am trying to install the src rpm in order >> to compile it, an operation I had earlier successfully done on my home >> computer. > > > I am no RPM e

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread nate
Faheem Mitha said: > Dear People, > In case anyone is wondering, I am trying to install the src rpm in order > to compile it, an operation I had earlier successfully done on my home > computer. I am no RPM expert but anytime I wanted to compile a source rpm I did rpm --rebuild filename.src.rpm

strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-11 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, I recently tried to install a source rpm (as root) on a Debian system. I got laplace:/home/faheem# rpm -Uvh plugger-4.0-17.src.rpm error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES But this works on my home computer Chrestomanci:/home/faheem# rpm -Uvh plugger-4.0-6.src.rpm 1