> Are you sure that the file it's not finding is the one you're specifying? 
> Maybe there's a config file missing or something.
	it's possible...

> Try running a stack trace with `strace rpm <options>' and see where it
> gives the error.

well, here's the last few things it spews:

open("/etc/rpm/macros", O_RDONLY)       = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/etc/rpm/athlon-linux/macros", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/home/chrome/.rpmmacros", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
execve("/usr/lib/rpm/rpmb", ["/usr/lib/rpm/rpmb", "-bb",
"SPECS/imwheel.spec"], [/* 36 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
write(2, "SPECS/imwheel.spec: No such file"..., 46SPECS/imwheel.spec: No
such file or directory
) = 46
_exit(1)                                = ?

so does this mean it's crapping out on some locale stuff?

Carl Soderstrom
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Network Engineer
Real-Time Enterprises
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