Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome at real-time.com> wrote: > > > 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? Hmm. Looks like you're in /usr/src/redhat (or similar) and trying to do `rpm -b SPECS/imwheel.spec' ? Have you tried going into the SPECS directory and running everything there? -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ I like your approach, now / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ let's see your departure. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010814/0b57e090/attachment.pgp