> > First, I must admit that I am extremely inexperienced when it comes to > the process of building RPMs. I consider myself quite adept with RedHat > administration, so I didn't think it would be that hard to learn how to > build RPMs. I was wrong. If anyone knows of a good place to get solid > background information that will help with this learning process, please > let me know. > > On to the problem at hand. I'm trying to build my own RPM of > lm_sensors-2.8.2 so that I can begin to take advantage of the newly > included asb100 support for my ASUS boards. I've tried to use the SPEC > file that is included with the lm_sensors source. Despite my attempt to > modify everything for a current RedHat 9 machine, it did not work. I > then tried to start from the SPEC file that was included with > lm_sensors-2.8.1-1.src.rpm. This crashes when attempting to apply the > RedHat patch. I've tried countless variations and nothing seems to > work. > I have a short guide at http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/rpm Check out the links section for more in depth guides to building. If you want, email me the spec privately and I'll take a look see. -- * The Digital Hermit http://www.digitalhermit.com * Unix and Linux Solutions kwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
