Build notes 1. download fping.tar.gz (version 2.4b2_to) from http://fping.sourceforge.net/download/ and copy it to /tmp/fping directory. 2. cd to /tmp/fping. 3. un-tar the files 4. run ./fping-2.4b2_to/configure to create a Makefile. 5. copy fping.spec /tmp/fping directory 6. tar -cvf fping.tar fping.spec fping-2.4b2_to 7. gzip fping.tar to create a new fping.tar.gz 8. copy fping.tar.gz to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ directory 9. copy fping.patch to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ directory 10. rpmbuild -ta /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/fping.tar.gz *The patch was created using "diff -uNr fping-2.4b2_to fping-2.4b2_to_new" command. **on a RedHat Linux machine, /usr/src/packages is /usr/src/redhat.