On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 17:43, Dennis Lattka wrote: > I have created a spec file (see below) and when running rpmbuild -bb > or and -b flag it always terminates with the following error: > > rpmbuild -bp mbone.spec > Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.64764 > + umask 022 > + cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD > + LANG=C > + export LANG > + unset DISPLAY > + $'\r' > : command not found764: line 25: > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.64764 (%prep) > > > RPM build errors: > Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.64764 (%prep) > > When opening up the file /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.64764 (using vim), I find ^M > just after the "unset DISPLAY". Why? This seemingly is where it is > bombing. > <gratuitous scissor work> Hmm, A ^M could have got into the file ANY number of ways. Most likely by typing a ^M to move down a line after typing a ^V. Either way it is simple enough to get rid of from vi in ESC mode type %s/CTRL-V CTRL-M// the CTRL-V allows you to put in special characters like ^M. HTH Micheal
