On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:49:40 -0700 (PDT), KA (Kamal) wrote: > Hi, > > I am using the following spec file > > Summary: pcore binary > Name: pcore > Version: 0.1 > Release: Beta > Epoch: 0 > License: Commercial > Group: Applications/Telecommunications > Packager: Kamal Ahmed <kamal.ahmed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > URL: http://pcore.bts.md/ > Source: pcore-0.1.tar.gz > BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root > > %description > ElementalCORE > > %prep > %setup -qn pcore > > %build > %{__make} > > %install > mkdir -p %{name} > mkdir -p %{_bindir} > install -d %{name} These three don't make sense. Read on... > %clean > > %files > %defattr(-,root,root) > %doc NEWS > > > But when running rpmbuild -dd pcore.spec , i get error: What is -dd? Perhaps just a type mistake and you meant -bb. Correct? > Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.32035 > + umask 022 > + cd /home/kahmed/rpmbuild/BUILD > + cd pcore Here the "builddir" was entered. The top directory of the extracted source tarball. One which platform did you do this build attempt? It doesn't look like a recent Fedora or RHEL platform, because those would empty'n'create the %buildroot directory. That is missing in what you've quoted. > + LANG=C > + export LANG > + unset DISPLAY > + mkdir -p pcore > + mkdir -p /usr/bin > + install -d pcore These three commands operated within the build directory, not in the %buildroot. To operated in the buildroot, you need to use the prefix %{buildroot} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT with every path. > + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh /home/kahmed/rpmbuild/BUILD/pcore > find: /var/tmp/pcore-0.1-Beta-root: No such file or directory > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.32035 (%install) This refers to the buildroot, the path specified in the "BuildRoot:" tag. It doesn't exist for your build, because apparently you use a very old Fedora where you need to do the following in the %install section: %install rm -rf %{buildroot} mkdir -p %{buildroot} # ... -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
