Re: 7.2 PGDG RPMS and readline 4.0

I just wrote:
>
> For some reason, when I do a:
>
> rpm --rebuild readline-4.2a-2.src.rpm
>
> I get:
>
> ...
> ++ libexecdir=${exec_prefix}/libexec
> ++ datadir=${prefix}/share
> ++ sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc
> ++ sharedstatedir=${prefix}/com
> ++ localstatedir=${prefix}/var
> ++ libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
> ++ includedir=${prefix}/include
> ++ oldincludedir=/usr/include
> ++ infodir=${prefix}/info
> ++ mandir=${prefix}/man
> ++ PACKAGE_NAME=readline
> ++ PACKAGE_TARNAME=readline
> ++ PACKAGE_VERSION=4.2a
> ++ PACKAGE_STRING=readline 4.2a
> ++ PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=bug-readline@gnu.org
> ++ ac_prev=
> ++ test -n
> +++ expr xi386-redhat-linux : x[^=]*=\(.*\)
> ++ ac_optarg=
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.13659 (%build)
>
> RPM build errors:
>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.13659 (%build)
>
> I'm not sure why.

For what its worth, when I use the RPM:

readline-4.2-2.src.rpm <-- RedHat 7.2 RPM

instead of

readline-4.2a-2.src.rpm <-- Rawhide 1.0 RPM

all works well. I now have a nice readline-4.2-2.i386.rpm

Thanks a bunch,

Mike Mascari
mascarm@mascari.com