On Dec 31, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>
> Hmmm, checking by rebuilding the Fedora popt-1.13 src rpm:
>
> 	# rpmbuild --rebuild popt-1.13-1.fc9.src.rpm
> 	Installing popt-1.13-1.fc9.src.rpm
> 	warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
> 	warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
> 	warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
> 	warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
> 	warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
> 	warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
> 	warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
> 	warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
> 	Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.95072
> 	+ umask 022
> 	+ cd /usr/src/rpm/BUILD
> 	+ cd /usr/src/rpm/BUILD
> 	+ rm -rf popt-1.13
> 	...
>
> WORKSFORME
>

Ah, my test is backward, not forward, compatibility.

rpm5 produced src.rpm's might not be readable by rpm4.

I will check (and fix) in a moment. The failure you report
has to do with the values in the lead, easily repaired if broken.

73 de Jeff