redhat 8.0

[Kevin Brown]

Richard L. Proctor wrote:
> I get the following errors upon trying to compile gaim
> 
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     user elb does not exist - using root
>     group elb does not exist - using root
>     user elb does not exist - using root
>     group elb does not exist - using root
>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89588 (%build)
> 
> whoe the hell is elb????
> 
> and I get the following errors trying to compile the nvidia drivers...
> 
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     user buildmeister does not exist - using root
>     group buildmeister does not exist - using root
>     user buildmeister does not exist - using root
>     group buildmeister does not exist - using root
>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.31222 (%install)
> 
> and who is buildmeister?

most likely, the name of the user on the system that built the rpms.  Those 
aren't what killed it though because rpm defaults to using root in both cases.