lm_sensors-3.3.2-5.fc17.src.rpm :: error rebuilding on centos

[Adrian Sevcenco]

On 10/12/2012 09:36 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 10/12/2012 10:59 AM, Adrian Sevcenco issued this missive:
>> Hi! I try to rebuild the lm_sensors on centos 5.x but i have a quite
>> strange error after the command "rpmbuild -ba lm_sensors.spec" in
>> ~/rpmbuild/SPECS :
>>
>> Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336
>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336..21: umask 022
>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336..22: cd /export/home/rpmbuild/rpmbuild/BUILD
>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336..24: cd lm_sensors-3.3.2
>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336..25: LANG=C
>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336..26: export LANG
>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336..27: unset DISPLAY
>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336..29: make PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=/usr/lib64
>> MANDIR=/usr/share/man PROG_EXTRA=sensord DESTDIR= user_install
>> mkdir -p /usr/lib64 /usr/include/sensors /usr/share/man/man3
>> /usr/share/man/man5
>> install -m 644 lib/libsensors.a /usr/lib64
>> install: cannot remove `/usr/lib64/libsensors.a': Permission denied
>> make: *** [install-lib] Error 1
>> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.33336 (%install)
>>
>> any idea why it tries to install at the rpm making step?
>
> Check to see if selinux is blocking the remove. Also check the
> permissions on /usr/lib64/libsensors.a (both regular permissions
> and "lsattr").
>
> It's most likely that the library is owned by root and doesn't have
> "other write" permissions. If you're building as an ordinary user, the
> rpmbuild script won't be able to remove the old library unless it does
> a "sudo" or "su" before the "install" step.
but i dont do install step.. i just want the rpm to be made!
isn't it a bug to make a rpmbuild and as a result to have a script that 
want to remove something?

Thanks!
Adrian

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