I I am trying to right a .spec file for checkinstall I'm following the directions on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/CreatingPackageHow To I run rpmbuild -ba checkinstall.spec and get RPM build errors: File /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES is smaller than 13 bytes Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.4SyjIO (%prep) my spec file is below Name: checkinstall Version: 1.6.1 Release: 1%{?dist} Summary: Installs a compiled program from the program's source directory Group: Development/System License: GPLv2 URL: http://www.asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/index.php Source0: http://www.asic- linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/files/source/checkinstall-1.6.1.tgz/ BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}- %{release}-XXXXXX) BuildRequires: make Requires: make install %description checkinstall will create a Slackware, RPM or Debian compatible package and install it using your distribution's standard package administration utilities. %prep %setup -q %build %configure make %{?_smp_mflags} %install rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT this is my first packaging attempt any help would be appreciated Thanks -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
