rpm -bb : unknown option

stevie_velvet · 09-02-2004, 11:54 AM

I'm trying to ionstall the latest verisaon of X for Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0, with the X rpm

XFree86-4.3.0-68.EL.src.rpm

I thought

1) rpm -ivh XFree86-4.3.0-68.EL.src.rpm

2) /usr/src/redhat/SPECS # rpm -bb XFree86-4.3.0-68.EL.src.rpm

~ but get back
-bb: unknown option

any RPM experts please help !!

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SeT · 09-02-2004, 12:13 PM

What are you trying to do with the -bb? I just looked at the man for rpm and it lists no such option. The only thing close is -vv which is very verbose "Print lots of ugly debugging information."

stevie_velvet · 09-02-2004, 12:23 PM

source the prob.
latest version of RPM allow build options such as -ba or -bb integrated into rpmbuild

SeT
'rpm -bb' has existed for ages so you may have a dodgy man page

bigrigdriver · 09-07-2004, 11:33 PM

The unknown option rpm is refering to is the filename you used with rpm -bb. The correct file name should end with the extension .spec, not .src.rpm. As in:
cd to the SPECS folder.
rpm -bb <filename>.spec
to start the build.

stevie_velvet · 09-08-2004, 08:23 AM

exactly