[ATrpms-users] RPM for perl JavaScript module

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 06:30:32PM +1000, Phill Edwards wrote:
> > This links to the matching src.rpm which contains the specfile. In
> > fact if you have the src.rpm you don't need the specfile, just do
> >
> >             rpmbuild --rebuild foo.src.rpm
> 
> When I try this I get an error:
> 
> # rpmbuild --rebuild perl-JavaScript-0.55-2.n0i.2.src.rpm
> Installing perl-JavaScript-0.55-2.n0i.2.src.rpm
> error: perl-JavaScript-0.55-2.n0i.2.src.rpm cannot be installed
> 
> Could this be because I don't have a .rpmrc file (or something like
> that)? I have never installed from source rpms before so I'm a bit in
> the dark here - sorry!

Yes, it would try to install under /usr/src/redhat which a non-root
user has no write access to. Either make that writable by your user,
or set in ~/.rpmmacros some new paths like

%_specdir
%_sourcedir

and the like.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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