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[Dow Hurst]

Well done!  Each distro must have a different way of doing rpm.  Under 
SuSE you have two RPMs for rpm, rpm and rpm-devel make up the whole package.
Dow


James P. Kinney III wrote:

>On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 09:42, James P. Kinney III wrote:
>  
>
>>On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 09:37, James P. Kinney III wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>I'm installing MailScanner. When I untar the package, it's all there. ls
>>>shows proper sizes. But the install fails claiming the packages I can
>>>see are not there. So I go to do it manually. Run the rpm --rebuild
>>>perl-FOO.src.rpm and IT fails saying the package doesn't exist. I'M
>>>LOOKING AT IT?!?!?!
>>>
>>>It's a RH 7.2 box. Any ideas?
>>>      
>>>
>>It's an rpm issue. When I installed the src.rpms manually then tried to
>>rpm -bb foo, it failed with the same error.
>>
>>Hmm.
>>    
>>
>
>It helps when all the rpm parts are installed. rpm-build was not
>installed. So the error message is crap. It reads like the src.rpm is
>not found when it really means that the ability to build and rpm is not
>found.
>
>Bug notice # 312 to RedHat: Error message during failed rpm --rebuild
>should be changed to reflect the missing build tools, not the
>incorrectly stated missing package to build.
>  
>

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