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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:40:37 -0700
From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>
To: Hartvig Ekner <hartvige@mips.com>
Cc: user alias <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: Problems with H.J's latest RPM 4.0.4 binary packages
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In-Reply-To: <200204221446.QAA23835@copsun17.mips.com>; from hartvige@mips.com on Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:46:45PM +0200
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:46:45PM +0200, Hartvig Ekner wrote:
> I have started to update our 7.1 RH/MIPS installation images with all the
> latest packages from H.J's collection.
> 
> The latest RPM package gives an up-front error no matter what one does, but
> the command seems to work:
> 
> [hartvige@copmalt13 /bin]$ rpm --version
> error: Macro %__id_u has empty body
> RPM version 4.0.4
> [hartvige@copmalt13 /bin]$
> 

I have no problems with the mipsel rpm binary. Did you compile rpm 4.0.4
yourselves? Please send me

# cd /usr/lib/rpm
# grep __id_u * */*

H.J.