RPM annoyance

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 10:30:15AM -0400, Net Llama! wrote:
> >Bill, i appreciate & value your input & suggestions, so please don't take
> >this the wrong way.  I'm not criticizing you, just the overall basic
> >problem.
> >
> >If i wanted to start screwing around with random config files, i'd just
> >use the tarball, and not the SRPM.  That is supposed to be the beauty of
> >SRPMs, in that you have a relatively brain-dead build process.  If i have
> >to stat picking apart the package to 'fix' it, i might as well just go
> >with the tarball, which i know build just fine, and installs just fine.  I
> >just would prefer to have some kind of package management in place.
[HUGE SNIP]

Well, this problem (with XFCE) apparently boiled down to the version of
rpm that i was using.  I went ahead and upgraded to rpm-4.0.4, and just
for giggles, rebuilt that troubleshome XFCE SRPM, and it actually built
without a problem this time.

NOt that i'm discounting weirdness with rpm macros, i'm sure they played a
role, but i'd rather just having a working RPM, than have to start playing
with macros that i honestly don't understand.

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