creating an RPM

dazdaz · 09-02-2011, 05:12 PM

HI, I wanted to try to learn how to create an RPM file and followed this guide.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm1/

I removed the wget RPM from my system so that there are no clashes with this package which I'd like to create and add.

I create the 5 directory's necessary for rpmbuild as in the instructions above.

I update the spec file to version 1.13 of wget.

Code:

rpmbuild -v -bb --clean SPECS/wget.spec

rpmbuild configure and compiles the source but then barfs at the end part and performs a test which I don't understand. It claims to find files on the system which don't exist (I removed the wget package beforehand).

Where is rpmbuild checking for the existence of these files ? This check appears to be preventing the creation of the RPM file.

I tried following the comments at the bottom of the article, but that did'nt work.

Code:

Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /build/wget-rpm/wget-1.13-root
error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
   /usr/local/etc/wgetrc
   /usr/local/share/info/dir
   /usr/local/share/info/wget.info
   /usr/local/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
   /usr/local/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo

terry-duell · 09-02-2011, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dazdaz

HI, I wanted to try to learn how to create an RPM file and followed this guide.

rpmbuild configure and compiles the source but then barfs at the end part and performs a test which I don't understand. It claims to find files on the system which don't exist (I removed the wget package beforehand).

Where is rpmbuild checking for the existence of these files ? This check appears to be preventing the creation of the RPM file.

I tried following the comments at the bottom of the article, but that did'nt work.

Code:

Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /build/wget-rpm/wget-1.13-root
error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
   /usr/local/etc/wgetrc
   /usr/local/share/info/dir
[snip]

All the files that are noted as installed are being built during the build process and temporarily saved in the BUILD dir. The packaging is done in accordance with the rules defined in the spec file. I think you will find that your spec file doesn't properly specify all the files that are being built.
The spec file must define the install path of all the built files so that the rpm (or yum) install process can be done properly.

Cheers,
Terry

John VV · 09-02-2011, 06:05 PM

for fedora you might want to read the Fedora wiki on building rpm's
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_t...an_RPM_package

unSpawn · 09-02-2011, 06:17 PM

...and specifically http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...9/#post4426075 makes things easier.

dazdaz · 09-03-2011, 02:50 AM

Thanks for the input, the find trick worked.

Code:

%install
# doStuff
find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -not -type d -printf "%%%attr(%%m,root,root) %%p\n" | sed -e "s|$RPM_BUILD_ROOT||g" > %{_tmppath}/%{name}_contents.txt
make install prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/local
# (..)

%files -f %{_tmppath}/%{name}_contents.txt