Re: Problem with installing gnome-games-2.12

[Paul Smith <phhs80 gmail com>]

On 9/15/05, Callum McKenzie <callum physics otago ac nz> wrote:
> > No progress, Callum:
> >
> > # rpm -Uhv gnome-games-2.12.0-1.i386.rpm
> > Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
> >         file /var/log/scrollkeeper.log from install of
> > gnome-games-2.12.0-1 conflicts with file from package
> > scrollkeeper-0.3.14-5
> > #
> OK, that's weird. It is packaging a file that has been explicitly
> removed.
> 
> Did you say you were using checkinstall to build the rpm?
> 
> Have you tried the normal 'rpmbuild -bb' route.
> 
> Looking at the description of checkinstall on their website they seem to
> just do a "make install" and package the result. This ignores any .spec
> files (which explains why using the 2.10 spec file doesn't help) and
> packages everything (including the log files). It looks great for a
> quick and dirty packaging of something without a spec file, but if you
> have a spec file you should use it.

That is true, Callum, that I used checkinstall. How can I use the
'rpmbuild -bb' route?  Could you please give some directions?

Paul