Re: Newbie rpmbuild question: change directory error

["James Olin Oden" <james oden gmail com>]

On 3/20/06, Raman Gupta <rocketraman fastmail fm> wrote:
> Hello, I am running Fedora Core 4. I have followed the directions at [1]
> in order to get a non-root build tree setup with the appropriate macros,
> dir structure, etc.
>
> I am now attempting to build the msttcorefonts RPM (spec file at [2]).
> However, any lines that involve "cd <somedir>" seem to fail during building:
>
> $ rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-1.3-4.spec
> Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /home/raman/rpmbuild/tmp/rpm-tmp.28761
> + umask 022
> + cd /home/raman/rpmbuild/BUILD
> + rm -rf msttcorefonts
> + mkdir msttcorefonts
> + cd msttcorefonts
> /home/raman/rpmbuild/tmp/rpm-tmp.28761: line 24: cd: msttcorefonts: No
> such file or directory
> error: Bad exit status from /home/raman/rpmbuild/tmp/rpm-tmp.28761 (%prep)
>
>
What are the perms on the directory after its created and its
ownership?  Specifically, does the user who created the directory have
eXecute permision on the directory?

Cheers...james