jd1008: >> And the fix is so totally simple. Just remove one line from the spec file: >> %dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/bin" >> which is line 341 Dave Stevens: > that's very useful and leaves me totally agog wondering how you found > it - exhaustive search?? or what?? What's more mind-boggling is why those (in Google) who created the problem haven't pulled their fingers out and fixed it. It's not a new problem, the fault is entirely theirs, and they should know better. Don't make the users jump through hoops to fix things that you've broken. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org