Re: Can't build rpms from gnome-core-1.4.0.tar.gz

[Jens Finke <jens eknif de>]

Hi,

there is a new spec file in CVS now. Please test this one first, it should
fix this issue.

   Jens

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 datazone airmail net wrote:
> as far as i can tell, the spec file in gnome-core does something
> really weird with the "%configure" option, so that when it does a
> "make blah blah install"  it doesnt actually put the stuff in the
> buildroot, instead it puts it in the actual prefix!  some stuff goes
> into the buildroot, but thats just very few.  i dont know if this is
> something that happens only on 4.0.2 or all versions of rpm.  to fix
> it, changing it from "%configure" to something along the lines of a
> "./configure" usually works...  i may rebuild the spec file tommorow
> and post it here.
>
> > Is this a specfile issue? If so, does anyone have a fix?
> >
> > Unfortunately I'm not smart enough to figure this one out :(, but
> > figured not only would I like a fix, but since its a release candidate,
> > someone may like to know, and I haven't seen this in the mailing list
> > (maybe in a different gnome list?).
> >
> > It seems to build fine, but I get the following error near the end:
> >
> > Could not open %files file /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/
> > gnome-core-1.4.0/gnome-core-devel.files: No such file or directory
> >
> > Thanks...