Bug 203772

Summary:	rpm cannot install .src.rpm due to missing /usr/src/redhat
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Will Woods <wwoods>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Paul Nasrat <nobody+pnasrat>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Will Woods 2006-08-23 17:45:30 UTC

rpm is normally able to install .src.rpm files. However the rpm package does not
own /usr/src/redhat - rpm-build does.

Without this directory, attempting to install a .src.rpm fails with:
error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

Creating /usr/src/redhat allows the .src.rpm to be installed.

This bug has been present since FC5.

Comment 1 Will Woods 2006-08-23 18:29:38 UTC

Solution: install rpm-build. You need this to do anything useful with the
contents of the .src.rpm anyway.

If you don't want to wait that long, just do: 
 mkdir /usr/src/redhat
and try again.