On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:40:21 -0700, Carol Anne Ogdin <caogdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <OF671ACFC7.AC7798C4-ON88256D0C.005AE508-88256D0C.005B95F5@xxxxxxxxxxxx m>: > > On 04/18 @ 09:05 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:37:47 -0700, > >Carol Anne Ogdin <caogdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > ><OFFF8865C2.2434357B-ON88256D0C.004E3CB8-88256D0C.00505D66@xxxxxxxxx > >.co m>: > > > >> <snip> > >> > >> Thanks, Arnt, but that doesn't seem to get me where I need to go. > >> when I run the command you recommend, I get > >> error: Name field must be present in package: (main package) > <snip> > > > >..no .spec file in the tarball??? Which tarball? (url?) > > I downloaded it directly from the link to the *.bz2 at > http://www.netfilter.org/downloads.html#1.2.8. > And the md5sum of the downloaded file is identical to that given at > that site. > Using rpmbuild v4.0.4 ..you're right, no .spec in there, I'll mail you off list the .spec from the RH9 iptables-1.2.7a-2.src.rpm, it should make a workable starting point for 1.2.7a|8 for your RH-7.3. ..you 'rpmbuild -ba ' from the specfile, see the docs. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
