> Are you sure that the file it's not finding is the one you're specifying? > Maybe there's a config file missing or something. it's possible... > Try running a stack trace with `strace rpm <options>' and see where it > gives the error. well, here's the last few things it spews: open("/etc/rpm/macros", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/rpm/athlon-linux/macros", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/chrome/.rpmmacros", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) execve("/usr/lib/rpm/rpmb", ["/usr/lib/rpm/rpmb", "-bb", "SPECS/imwheel.spec"], [/* 36 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "SPECS/imwheel.spec: No such file"..., 46SPECS/imwheel.spec: No such file or directory ) = 46 _exit(1) = ? so does this mean it's crapping out on some locale stuff? Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700