Build Notes 1) Download ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz from ://xcat.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xcat/xcat-dep/trunk/ipmitool/pmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz to /tmp/ipmitool directory. 2) cd /tmp/ipmitool 3) gunzip ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz 4) tar xvf ipmitool-1.8.11.tar 5) Copy ipmitool.spec to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS/ 6) tar cvf ipmitool-1.8.11.tar ipmitool-1.8.11 7) gzip ipmitool-1.8.11.tar 8) Copy ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES 9) Copy ipmitool-config.h.in.patch, ipmitool-imbapi.patch , and ipmitool-ipmievd.patch to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES 10) cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS 11) Run "rpm -bb ipmitool.spec", which creates: /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/ipmitool-1.8.11-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm NOTE #1 HOW TO CREATE THESE PATCHES 1) cd /tmp/ipmitool-1.8.11 2) mkdir a (this directory contains the original file) 3) Copy original file to "a" subdirectory 4) Repeat above for directory "b" (this directory contains the changed file) 5) Copy changed file to "b" subdirectory 6) cd /tmp/ipmitool-1.8.11 7) diff -uNr a b > ipmitool.patch