1928 2003-01-13 21:43:47 +0300 descriptive error message for missing rpm-build 2004-05-21 17:00:06 +0400 1 1 4 Development Sisyphus libpopt unstable all Linux CLOSED FIXED P4 normal --- 1 at placeholder glebfm ldv placeholder rider vt wrar oldest_to_newest 1756 0 at 2003-01-13 21:43:47 +0300 When rpm-build package is not installed, \"rpm -ba\" gives \"file not found\" error message which confuses most people. Why, it gives no idea on which file was not found. Thus one has to run strace. --- --- 4837 1 ldv 2003-01-16 15:46:34 +0300 Another confusing message (when rpmb is not available) is: $ rpm --version -ba existing.spec 8202 2 ldv 2003-01-16 15:46:34 +0300 Another confusing message (when rpmb is not available) is: $ rpm --version -ba existing.spec 4838 3 mike 2003-03-27 00:40:10 +0300 It\'s _quite_ confusing: e.g. Vladimir Bormotov got caught by an example too. Well, I was stupid enough a couple of times too. 8203 4 mike 2003-03-27 00:40:10 +0300 It\'s _quite_ confusing: e.g. Vladimir Bormotov got caught by an example too. Well, I was stupid enough a couple of times too. 11306 5 ldv 2004-01-17 22:05:52 +0300 *** Bug 3505 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 13846 6 crux 2004-05-16 01:07:17 +0400 I look at source code of rpm (4.0.4-alt37) and find this incorrect(?) string in rpmqv.c:630 argerror("--buildroot may only be used during package builds"); may be must be: argerror(_("--buildroot may only be used during package builds")); or I'm not right? May be this solve problem with this confused message...(?) 13849 7 ldv 2004-05-16 02:43:14 +0400 No, this message is unrelated to the problem. 13994 8 ldv 2004-05-21 16:59:04 +0400 To more appropriate package. 13995 9 ldv 2004-05-21 17:00:05 +0400 Fixed in libpopt-1.7-alt12.