[snip] > solution. I've searched a bit, and it seems that Mandrake and Debian both > have a policy to include the library soname in the package name : > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowToAdvanced#Library_policy Unrelated, but I have to ask: what is the purpose of defining name/version/release like this: %define name gtkmm %define version 1.2.4 %define release 1mdk and then: Name: %{name} Version: %{version} Release: %{release} I've seen it in a number of spec files. And please no "Well, Mandrake sucks!". /Peter
