Re: %prep, %build, %install, ...???...

[Don Buchholz <don truedisk com>]

"Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" wrote:
> 
> On Monday, October 08, 2001 15:35:16 -0700, Don Buchholz <don@truedisk.com>
> wrote:
> +-----
> |
> | Bingo!  You hit the nail on the head.  Forgot about "Source:" at the top.
> | So, next question:
> |
> |   Why is it trying to mess with the file in "Source:" tag?
> +--->8
> 
> Because you requested that it build a source RPM as well as the binary RPM.
> For a source RPM, it wants to copy all the sources into the generated
> .src.rpm.
> 

Matthew Miller wrote:
>
> Were you doing 'rpm -bb', or 'rpm -ba'? I don't think it was trying to
> "mess" with it -- it was trying to include it in your src.rpm. Try just
> 'rpm -bs yourspecfile.spec' and see what happens.
> 

Doh!  It was a "rpm -ba".  The "-bb" is a good suggestion, because
a source RPM just isn't relevant for this project.

Thanks, guys.

- Don


P.S.  Any tips on:

  1) Better docs than "Maximum RPM"? 

  2) Why even though I've specified "AutoReqPriv: no",
     dependencies are still being generated?