Hi Paul.. On Monday 20 February 2006 22:39, Paul Smith wrote: > I have just created a rpm of dvipdfmx with checkinstall. However, when > I try to install it, I get the following: > > # rpm -ihv dvipdfmx-20050831-1.i386.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] 1:dvipdfmx ########################################### > [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file > /selinux/context;43fa40de: cpio: open failed - Permission denied > # Yep.. add this to your /usr/local/lib/checkinstall/checkinstallrc # Comma delimited list of files/directories to be ignored EXCLUDE="/selinux" It's worth studying this rc file, it has some hand features :) HTH -Colin -- Fedora Core 4, Custom Built Kernel 2.6.15-ck3 KDE-Redhat-3.5.1-1.5.fc4.kde Registered Linux user number #342953