Kurt, I changed the syntax from %{BUILDROOT} to > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT ..this got rid of the 'gf: no job error',,but now I still get file could not be found at BUILDROOT/<packagename>/usr/bin/file .Bad exit when building. Thanks, Barry _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list