On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 02:39:36PM +1100, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:02:00AM +0530, Rahul Rekapalli wrote: > > hi, I downloaded gimp from the cvs again after Sven helped me with the > > previous compilation problem, and this time, after almost > > all the packaging was over (I used gimp.spec to build my rpms), I got > > the following errors towards the end of compilation. > > > > + strip /var/tmp/gimp-1.3.11-root//usr/bin/gimp > > strip: /var/tmp/gimp-1.3.11-root//usr/bin/gimp: No such file or > > directory > > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.45801 (%install) > > > > could someone tell me how I can correct this? > > I don't have a recent build around to check this, but I think you will > find that the binary is now just called gimp-1.3. So go to the %files > section of the spec file and edit the appropriate line. Err .. I didn't read the message correctly. You will need to edit the %install section and change the relevant strip command, not the %files %section. But I'm sure you get the general gist. Sorry about that. Malcolm -- To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.