> > Thanks Alexander, > > But it begs the question, why is it that /usr/src/redhat/* are all owned > by > > root? When building from an SRPM as an unprivileged user I do not have > the > > needed permissions to write to these locations. > > Well, the rpm-build package could come with a normal user for building > RPMs. But it constructs the /usr/src/redhat directory hierarchy. > > > In the meantime I have made /usr/src/redhat/* world writeable and I am > > building as a normal user. > > The documentation explains how to copy the /usr/src/redhat structure to > a user's home, change the permissions and set up a user .rpmmacros file. > > > Thanks, > > JWP > > Alexander Thanks again! Off to do some reading, JP
