>> What, then, tells "rpm -i|U|F" what to do (which directories to create if >> missing, which files to put there, etc). > aha, So the %install tells rpmbuild how to assemble the package, and the %files tells "rpm -i|U|F" what to put and where to put it, and what perms do things have; and what "rpm -e" should remove. Thanks guys, things seem a lot clearer now, nik
