Re: [Rust-users] Trying to Build KDE 3.1 RPMs

[Pat D <pd...@ps...>]

Greetings,

Anthony Abby wrote:

>  When I tried to build the RPM however I got the
> following error:  ERROR: Mismatched md5 sum options.  No files added,
> aborting.
>
> Not sure what this is supposed to mean exactly..... can anyone offer any
> help?
>

Yeah.  When you use rust or (the command line rust, 'crust') to 
initialize a 'newroot' you can use to chroot to, you select whether or 
not you wish to use md5sums.

They are used to compare existing binaries - in cases where your install 
may overwrite any files that were copied over to the chroot home. 
Without the md5sum, rust won't be able to tell if a file was overwritten 
- it will therefore only include new files and directories in the rpm.

If you're using the rust GUI, you can select whether to use md5sums 
using the New Root-> Use md5 sum check box.  If you're using crust, then 
there is a --nomd5 switch to turn them off.  The important thing is to 
either use or not use md5sums for both the initialization and the rpm 
creation.

I know that the fact that the default behavior (with or without md5s) 
differ is a little weird but it's basically because I figured you 
wouldn't need the md5s when you're just drag&drop creating an rpm and 
they really slow things down.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

HTH,

--
Pat Deegan,
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