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>It's easy to rebuild the package: in the source tar ball there is a >perl script that makes an rpm spec file. I couldn't build it. Jeff --------------------------------- # pwd /root/coda-4.7.4 # ./configure <snip> # make clean <snip> # perl tools/build-fs-rpm --rel=1 --version=4.7.4 kernel: 2.0.36 version 4.7.4, version for cvs 4_7_4 tag c4_7_4, version 4.7.4, rpmrelease 1, dir coda-kernel-2.0.36-module-4.7.4 cvs checkout: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option cvs [checkout aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable. Did: cvs co -d coda-kernel-2.0.36-module-4.7.4 -r c4_7_4 coda-fs-module; result 256 Did: tar zcf /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/coda-kernel-2.0.36-module-4.7.4.tgz coda-kernel-2.0.36-module-4.7.4; result 0 --> specfile /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/coda-kernel-2.0.36-module-4.7.4.spec Now run as root: rpm -ba -v /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/coda-kernel-2.0.36-module-4.7.4.spec Exit code 0 # ls -l /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/coda-kernel-2.0.36-module-4.7.4.spec -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 5 00:06 coda-kernel-2.0.36-module-4.7.4.specReceived on 1998-12-05 00:24:44