> Well I have been compiling php from srpm like this forever > rpmbuild -ba --target=i686 php.spec > > But today it somehow bugged me, I dont use apache on this server. But > its asking me to install httpd and httpd-devel to compile. > > Isnt there a syntax to skip the apache stuff? You need to edit the spec file and remove references to httpd and apxs and then compile again. Barry