linux_base compile error

[epilogue at attcanada.ca]

hello all,

tried installing the redhat 7.1 linux compatibility port
(/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base) and run into an error.  ran it again with
'make -d A install clean' to get all the debugging information, but there
doesn't seem to be a lot of useful info there (at least for me).

/sbin/sysctl -w kern.fallback_elf_brand=3
kern.fallback_elf_brand: 3 -> 3
for R in glibc-common-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm  glibc-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm
redhat-release-7.1-1.noarch.rpm  setup-2.4.7-1.noarch.rpm 
filesystem-2.0.7-1.noarch.rpm  basesystem-7.0-2.noarch.rpm 
termcap-11.0.1-8.noarch.rpm  db1-1.85-5.i386.rpm  db3-3.1.17-7.i386.rpm 
gdbm-1.8.0-5.i386.rpm  glib-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm  libtermcap-2.0.8-26.i386.rpm 
bash-2.04-21.i386.rpm  bzip2-1.0.1-3.i386.rpm   
compat-libstdc++-6.2-2.9.0.14.i386.rpm  ncurses-5.2-8.i386.rpm 
info-4.0-20.i386.rpm  fileutils-4.0.36-4.i386.rpm  grep-2.4.2-5.i386.rpm 
popt-1.6.2-8.i386.rpm  readline-4.1-9.i386.rpm  setserial-2.17-2.i386.rpm 
slang-1.4.2-2.i386.rpm  sh-utils-2.0-13.i386.rpm  rpm-4.0.2-8.i386.rpm 
freetype-2.0.1-4.i386.rpm XFree86-libs-4.1.0-49.i386.rpm
zlib-1.1.4-8.7x.i386.rpm libstdc++-2.96-112.7.1.i386.rpm; do  echo $R; 
LC_ALL=C rpm -U --root /compat/linux --dbpath /var/lib/rpm --nodeps 
--replacepkgs --ignoreos --ignorearch /usr/ports/distfiles/rpm/$R;  done
glibc-common-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm glibc-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm
redhat-release-7.1-1.noarch.rpm
setup-2.4.7-1.noarch.rpm
filesystem-2.0.7-1.noarch.rpm
basesystem-7.0-2.noarch.rpm
termcap-11.0.1-8.noarch.rpm
db1-1.85-5.i386.rpm
db3-3.1.17-7.i386.rpm
gdbm-1.8.0-5.i386.rpm
glib-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm
libtermcap-2.0.8-26.i386.rpm
bash-2.04-21.i386.rpm
bzip2-1.0.1-3.i386.rpm
compat-libstdc++-6.2-2.9.0.14.i386.rpm
ncurses-5.2-8.i386.rpm
info-4.0-20.i386.rpm
fileutils-4.0.36-4.i386.rpm
grep-2.4.2-5.i386.rpm
popt-1.6.2-8.i386.rpm
readline-4.1-9.i386.rpm
setserial-2.17-2.i386.rpm
slang-1.4.2-2.i386.rpm
sh-utils-2.0-13.i386.rpm
rpm-4.0.2-8.i386.rpm
execution of rpm-4.0.2-8 script failed, exit status 1
*** Error code 1

does anyone see why this install might have failed?  possibly just a
problem with the port...?  (i last cvsup'd only a few hours ago)

any suggestions would be very much appreciated.


many thanks,
epi