From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g3MHfxqf006298 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:41:59 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g3MHfrPO006297 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:41:53 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g3MHfoqf006294 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:41:50 -0700 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.6/8.11.1) id g3MHgL410213; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:42:21 -0700 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:42:21 -0700 From: Ralf Baechle To: Hartvig Ekner Cc: user alias Subject: Re: Problems with H.J's latest RPM 4.0.4 binary packages Message-ID: <20020422104221.A10146@dea.linux-mips.net> References: <200204221446.QAA23835@copsun17.mips.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200204221446.QAA23835@copsun17.mips.com>; from hartvige@mips.com on Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:46:45PM +0200 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:46:45PM +0200, Hartvig Ekner wrote: > [hartvige@copmalt13 /bin]$ rpm --version > error: Macro %__id_u has empty body > RPM version 4.0.4 > [hartvige@copmalt13 /bin]$ > > Before I start digging any deeper, has anybody else seen this and found the > explanation? > > (Note that I have not yet finished compiling the glibc RPM natively as > required - this is currently ongoing). Rpm has this nasty property of inherting much of it's configuration from one generation into the next generation. To get around this you will have to hack the configuration of your current rpm in /usr/lib/rpm/ rsp. /etc/rpm and rebuild. I've seen even more funny things when crossbuilding rpm. Ralf