On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Lars Hecking <lhecking at users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> ########################################### [100%] >> error: unpacking of archive failed on file >> /home/jmccarty/devtools/RebuildRPM/build/SOURCES/smartd.initd;4d39deaa: >> cpio: MD5 sum mismatch >> >> Is the SRPM corrupted? I've pulled a few from other places for >> other versions (like Fedora) from pbone, and they all have >> this problem. >> >> Any hints available? > > Happens with SRPMS from newer Fedoras. Unpack it manually into > /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES and move the spec file into place. > *NEVER DO THIS*. Always, always, always start your development as a normal user, not as root, and use a .rpmmacros that acts accordingly. For example, for user "nkadel", in "/home/nkadel/.rpmmcros", I have %_topdir /home/nkadel/rpm And I set up a subdirectories there as necessary.