The source for the file utility + library is available from
ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
-The NSS library for encryption. This is available from
+The NSS library for encryption, and NSPR library which NSS uses.
+Both NSPR and NSS libraries and headers need to be installed during RPM
+compilation. As NSPR and NSS typically install their headers outside
+the regular include search path, you need to tell configure about this,
+eg something like:
+ ./configure <......> CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/nspr -I/usr/include/nss"
+
+The NSPR and NSS libraries are available from
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/
+ http://www.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/
The Berkeley DB >= 4.3.x (4.5.x or newer recommended) is required for the
default database backend. BDB can be downloaded from