If I were you - I would check to make sure you also do not have 32-bit X libraries installed. Part of the full installation you selected installs compat packages allowing you to build for different platforms. If removing the 32-bit libraries helps, send the solution back to the user list. On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:09:44 +0100 (CET), Per Steinar Iversen <PerSteinar.Iversen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I tried this question on fedora-list yesterday, and got a number of > messages from other users with the same problem, but no resolution. > Perhaps this list is a better place to ask? > > A silly question: How does one build or rebuild src rpms under x86_64? > > On a freshly installed FC3 (full install) nearly everything fails to build > as configure looks at the wrong X11 libraries. As an example, rebuilding > mozilla: > > $ rpmbuild --rebuild mozilla-1.7.5-3.src.rpm > ...lines deleted... > checking GLIB_LIBS... -lglib-2.0 > configure: error: Could not find the following X libraries: -lX11 -lXext -lXt > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.13288 (%build) > > Modifying the spec-file to add a line like this cures the problem: > > --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib64 > > But this is probably too crude - what is the proper incantation to make > rpmbuild understand where the X11 libraries are placed on x86_64? > > -psi > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- Nick Bargnesi http://www.den-4.com Den 4 Software pub 1024D/E8BD2FD0 2004-12-02 Nick Bargnesi <nbargnesi@xxxxxxxxx> Key fingerprint = 6F9D 9404 63CD 2B04 DE7A 0F9D A1ED C1B0 E8BD 2FD0 sub 2048g/56C5D45B 2004-12-02 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda