Re: "buildroot?" or "buildroot^M^M"

[Jos Vos <jos xos nl>]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 03:57:51PM -0000, martin.dm.hull@bt.com wrote:

> The version of rpm I am using is 4.0.4. Is that really old?

No.

> cp: cannot stat `CHANGES\r': No such file or directory

A DOS-format file (with CR at the end of each line)?

> 1.	Why do I get an error 'file must begin with "/"'?

Because the line contains a CR char (my guess...).

> 2.	Why the error with CHANGES? This file was not copied across.
> What is the '\r' on the end of the line? Have I got some funny
> characters on the ends of my lines? Just for a laugh, I swapped the
> order of the files on this line such that FAQ was last - and now it
> fails!!!
> 3.	What do I have to do to make this work?!

Use UNIX-format files for spec files, I really think that's your problem.

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