Help in building RPM

vibhor_agarwalin · 05-18-2009, 01:11 AM

Hi,

My directory structure is /home/user/rpm
Inside rpm i have many different RPM build directories like: a, b & c

Have rpm sources inside each directory like BUILD, RPMS, SPECS, SOURCE, SRPMS

Have defined %_topdir in ~/.rpmmacros
/home/user/rpm/a
This builds the RPM in "a" directory, however, i will have to change it to "b" if i need to build RPM in "b" directory.

I have to change this variable everytime as i build the RPM in directory a, b or c.
How can this be done without changing this variable everytime.

Thanks

unSpawn · 05-18-2009, 03:23 AM

With the "--macros /path/to/.rpmmacros" switch?

vibhor_agarwalin · 05-18-2009, 06:01 AM

Thanks

That means i'll have to create a rpmmacro file for each & every directory i will use to build RPMS.
Am i right?

Isn't there a way to pick it up automatically?

knudfl · 05-18-2009, 09:09 AM

Interesting ....

Any particular reason not to stick to the default

like .. "/usr/src/r**/BUILD/<application>" .. ? ?

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unSpawn · 05-18-2009, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vibhor_agarwalin

That means i'll have to create a rpmmacro file for each & every directory i will use to build RPMS.

Or use a define something like 'rpmbuild --define="_topdir /path/to/A/dir"'.

vibhor_agarwalin · 05-18-2009, 11:59 PM

Thanks

The --define tag worked.
I am not using the default dir as in "/usr/src/r**/BUILD/<application>" the <application> will be a no. of folders.
Will that still work?

knudfl · 05-20-2009, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Will that still work?

I use it all the time, that's the default.

Example : PCLOS 2009, /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES, 73 files
from about 12 different applications. The spec file
commands will use files from the specified application only.

/usr/src/rpm/BUILD : 16 folders = 16 different applications.
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******* · 05-20-2009, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

/usr/src/rpm/SOURCES

Using /usr/src/rpm/BUILD means building packages as root. That an unnecessary risk.

vibhor_agarwalin · 05-21-2009, 01:47 AM

Yup,
That will be a point, I don't want to build packages via root.