The SPEC file for kernel-2.6.12-1.1376_FC3 attempts to brand the kernel with the hostname of the build system. This causes the build to fail if the hostname contains the '-' character because that character is illegal within the RELEASE field of the rpm. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166968 submitted. -- Bob Nichols Yes, "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.