[wxPython-users] Need help/advice making rpm for opensuse 10.3

[John B]

On Fri 14 March 08, Robin Dunn wrote:

> John B wrote:

> >   That got me past that just fine, thanks. Now there's this problem:
> >
> > -------
> > Writing
> > /var/tmp/wxPython-buildroot/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wxaddon
> >s-2.8.7.1-py2.5.egg-info running build_ext
> > running install
> > running build
> > running build_py
> > running install_lib
> > copying
> > build-gtk2.unicode/lib/wxversion.py ->
> > /var/tmp/wxPython-buildroot/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages
> > byte-compiling
> > /var/tmp/wxPython-buildroot/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wxversi
> >on.py to wxversion.pyc
> > running install_data
> > copying
> > src/wx.pth ->
> > /var/tmp/wxPython-buildroot/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
> > running install_egg_info
> > Writing
> > /var/tmp/wxPython-buildroot/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wxPytho
> >n_common-2.8.7.1-py2.5.egg-info +
> > rm
> > /var/tmp/wxPython-buildroot/usr/lib/wxPython-2.8.7.1-gtk2-unicode/bin/wx-
> >config +
> > strip
> > '/var/tmp/wxPython-buildroot/usr/lib*/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8*-gtk
> >2-unicode/wx/*.so' strip:
> > '/var/tmp/wxPython-buildroot/usr/lib*/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8*-gtk
> >2-unicode/wx/*.so': No such file
> > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.32437 (%install)
> > -------
> >
> >   For the life of me, I can't figure out what the heck I'm doing wrong,
> > and I don't know what to look for with this error. Any suggestions?
>
> It looks like your python is installed with a prefix of /usr/local, but
> the RPM spec file for wxPython is expecting it to be /usr.  You'll
> either need to tweak the spec file, rebuild/reinstall Python to use a
> prefix of /usr, or build wxPython by hand instead of building the RPM.

  Uummmm....okay. Wha'ts mean in english, heh. Any suggestions for tweaking 
the spec file? I'm on dial-up, so downloading again would be a real pita.

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