Don't create your spec files on a windoze box. :) If you do, run dos2unix on them, or perl -p -i -e 's/\r//g' <spec_file> On Friday 30 January 2004 08:57 am, martin.dm.hull@xxxxxx wrote: > Trying to make an RPM work is sucking away my lifeblood but I am slowly > making progress. > > > > The version of rpm I am using is 4.0.4. Is that really old? > > > > All the files in my %files section generate file not found errors. > However I can cut'n'paste straight for the error text and do an ls on > the files. They are there, so what is the problem? > > > > Here's the %file section. There should be lots more files but I'll add > them when I get this to work. > > > > %files > > %defattr(-,root,root) > > %doc README COPYRIGHT EXCLUDED FAQ CHANGES > > /opt/bind-9.2.3/sbin/named > > /opt/bind-9.2.3/sbin/rndc > > > > Here's the last wee bit of the rpm output which shows the errors > > > > /opt/bind-9.2.3/bindirs /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root > > /opt/bind-9.2.3/bin isc-config.sh > /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root > > + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress > > + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip > > + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note > > Processing files: bind-9.2.3-1 > > error: File must begin with "/": > > error: File not found: > /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root/opt/bind-9.2.3/sbin/named > > error: File not found: > /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root/opt/bind-9.2.3/sbin/rndc > > Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/rpm-tmp.92436 > > + umask 022 > > + cd /home/mhull/rpmbuild/BUILD > > + cd bind-9.2.3 > > + > DOCDIR=/home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root/usr/share/doc/bind-9.2.3 > > + export DOCDIR > > + rm -rf > /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root/usr/share/doc/bind-9.2.3 > > + /bin/mkdir -p > /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root/usr/share/doc/bind-9.2.3 > > /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root/usr/share/doc/bind-9.2.3 > > cp: cannot stat `CHANGES\r': No such file or directory > > error: Bad exit status from /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/rpm-tmp.92436 > (%doc) > > > > > > And here are the files > > [mhull@mars sbin]$ ls > /home/mhull/rpmbuild/tmp/bind-9.2.3-root/opt/bind-9.2.3/sbin/ > > dnssec-keygen dnssec-signkey lwresd named-checkconf rndc > > dnssec-makekeyset dnssec-signzone named named-checkzone > rndc-confgen > > > > Some more questions. > > 1. Why do I get an error 'file must begin with "/"'? > 2. Why the error with CHANGES? This file was not copied across. > What is the '\r' on the end of the line? Have I got some funny > characters on the ends of my lines? Just for a laugh, I swapped the > order of the files on this line such that FAQ was last - and now it > fails!!! > 3. What do I have to do to make this work?! > > > > Thanks > > Martin -- Bart Whiteley <bwhiteley@xxxxxxxxxx> Novell, Inc., the leading provider of information solutions http://www.novell.com/ _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
