On 23/04/2020 20:06, R P Herrold wrote:
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### at this point, either version should be able to attain a new SRPM .. it does not
[herrold@centos-8 samba]$ rpmbuild --nodeps --define "%_topdir `pwd`" -bs SPECS/samba.spec error: Bad source: /home/herrold/centos-git-common/samba/SOURCES/samba/samba-4.10.4.tar.xz: No such file or directory [herrold@centos-8 samba]$
#### Note the addition of the extra 'samba/' in the path
the tarball is there, but something is munging the correct path to it
[herrold@centos-8 samba]$ find -name samba-4.10.4.tar.xz ./SOURCES/samba-4.10.4.tar.xz [herrold@centos-8 samba]$
I do not live and breathe CentOS' approaches any more, but the somewhat snotty remark earlier in this thread to consult the web page seems not to work
I'm unable to spot where you are going wrong (other than your attitude), but following the documentation works fine for me so I personally welcomed the well informed pointer to the current documentation.
Hopefully you have not put off other potential helpers who may be able to offer more solution focused advice other than it works for me.