Subject: Re: xfig fix
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 06:51:23 MST
Sweet... thanks dude! :)
> Hi Dan.
>
> The problem with xfig only showed up when trying to build the srpm.
> Somehow in the process of building the binary in steps directly from the
> CVS files, the problem was avoided.
>
> In any case, I got curious, tried creating and building the srpm, and
> encountered the problem you mentioned. I tracked down the error in the
> patch file for the Imakefile. It was checking for the existence of a
> directory other than what it was actually going to use for the install.
>
> More specifically, it was checking for the existence of
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xfig
> rather than
> /var/tmp/xfig-root/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xfig
> Since the former directory *did* exist, the latter wasn't created before
> before attempting the chmod.
>
> I am attaching a replacement for xfig.3.2.3-beta-1-config.patch which
> fixes the problem. Using the new patch I was able to successfully
> create and build the source rpm.
>
> Jim
>
>
Regards,
Dan
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