Hi Thank you so much for the reply.i was able to build the binary rpm with the name I specified. Now I am facing another issue, the rpmbuild is actually creating these rpms. Wrote: /home/sapient/redhat/SRPMS/yyy-1.0-1.src.rpm Wrote: /home/sapient/redhat/RPMS/xxx.i386.rpm Wrote: /home/sapient/redhat/RPMS/xxx.i386.rpm Since there are two binary rpms,it is saving only one at /RPMS/ location.and when I try to install that using rpm -ivh xxx.i386.rpm ,what I get is Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:yyy-debuginfo ########################################### [100%] It is not installing the binary rpm ,rather it is install the debuginfo. Is there anything wrong with what I have done or is this the way it works. Lis -----Original Message----- From: rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:17 PM To: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Binary RPM naming | doubt Options (resulting in RPMS/xxx.i386.rpm): a) %define my_build_name_fmt xxx %define _build_name_fmt %{my_build_name_fmt}.%_arch.rpm b) %define _build_name_fmt xxx.%_arch.rpm c) rpmbuild -ba yyy.spec --define "_build_name_fmt xxx.%_arch.rpm" d) my_build_name_fmt=xxx rpmbuild -ba yyy.spec --define "_build_name_fmt $my_build_name_fmt.%_arch.rpm" etc. You just can0t have _build_name_fmt=$var and define var in a scriplet (%build, etc.). -- lfr 0/0 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list