On Friday, 29 April 2005, at 16:02:39 (+0200), Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Then the .spec file is broken. The %buildroot path is normally > always a relative path. Not on this planet. :-) The %buildroot path is normally under /var/tmp or %{_tmppath} (which, in turn, usually points to /var/tmp). On Friday, 29 April 2005, at 09:05:29 (-0500), Ralph Blach wrote: > In my spec file it is specfied as > > > BuildRoot: /var/tmp/basesystem-root > > So, it is not very flexiable. So CHANGE IT. You have an editor. It's not that complicated. :-) If you want a tool that can rebuild an SRPM automatically as a normal user without you having to screw around with macros, download Mezzanine (www.kainx.org/mezzanine/ -- I recommend the 1.8-0.20 version) and run this: $ mzbuild foo.src.rpm Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <mej@xxxxxxxxx> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Basically there are no known XFree86 3.3.x memory leaks. If you think you've found one, you probably haven't." -- Mark Vojkovich, XFree86 Developer _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list