Rebuild LPRng RPM

phru · 01-07-2008, 01:53 AM

Hi all,

i'm trying to rebuild LPRng for RHEL 5 but i am always running into the same error:

config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
config.status: error: cannot find input file: po/Makefile.in.in
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.50971 (%build)

The command that i use is: rpmbuild -bb SPECS/LPRng.spec

I'm no really experienced in building RPMs. I would be glad, if anyone had a suggestion for me.

Thank you in advance.

Cheers

btbx · 01-07-2008, 03:44 AM

If possible, use LPRng RPM package for Fedora 3:

http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html

If not, rebuild the package using src.rpm from the link on the webpage.

rpmbuild --rebuild <name of rpm>

unSpawn · 01-07-2008, 03:46 AM

Is this with the .spec file from the .src.rpm? Posting the URI where you got it from could help. If building an RPM doesn't work it's a good idea to loop through the commands manually. If './configure' doesn't find the po/Makefile.in then the tarball may be missing stuff.

phru · 01-07-2008, 04:23 AM

Thank you for your answers.

We have made some changes in the source code of the package and so it is not so easy to take another source package or version. I have a working binary rpm for RHEL 4. The problem is that i have a few new servers which are running under RHEL 5. So i wanted to rebuild the RPM on the new servers without luck.

I have taken over the topic from a colleague and so i have no idea what he has done when he had buit the initial rpm or why it is not working now.

I tried to do the steps manually.

The configure command is working well but when i try to run make the following error occurs:

Code:

if [ "UTILS" = po ] ; then \
            for i in po/Makefile* ; do \
                if [ -f "$i" ] ; then \
                    if grep '^mkinstalldirs.*=.*case' $i ; then \
                        echo "fixing broken $i which causes wrong path to mkinstalldirs to be used"; \
                        perl -spi -e 's:^mkinstalldirs\s*=\s*.*:mkinstalldirs = \$(SHELL) \$(MKINSTALLDIRS):' $i; \
                    fi \
                fi \
            done \
        fi
/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/bin/sh: line 1:     for i in po/Makefile* ; do \: No such file or directory
/bin/sh: line 2:        if [ -f "$i" ] ; then \: command not found
/bin/sh: line 3:            if grep '^mkinstalldirs.*=.*case' $i ; then \: command not found
/bin/sh: line 4:                echo "fixing broken $i which causes wrong path to mkinstalldirs to be used"; \: command not found
/bin/sh: line 5:                perl -spi -e 's:^mkinstalldirs\s*=\s*.*:mkinstalldirs = \$(SHELL) \$(MKINSTALLDIRS):' $i; \: command not found
/bin/sh: line 6:            fi \: command not found
/bin/sh: line 7:        fi \: command not found
/bin/sh: line 8:     done \: command not found
/bin/sh: -c: line 9: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
/bin/sh: -c: line 9: `fi'
make: *** [UTILS] Error 2

Thank you for your help

unSpawn · 01-07-2008, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phru

We have made some changes in the source code of the package and so it is not so easy to take another source package or version.

Sure it is. If the changes weren't kept in a revision repo then take the tarball from the original .src.rpm and diff it with your homebrew to make patches.

Quote:

Originally Posted by phru

I have a working binary rpm for RHEL 4. The problem is that i have a few new servers which are running under RHEL 5. So i wanted to rebuild the RPM on the new servers without luck.

Nothing to do with luck. Making a RPM w/o the corresponding .src.rpm is inefficient, a waste of time, if you don't mind me saying so. I can see though it's legacy and not your fault (unless you go down the same path).

Quote:

Originally Posted by phru

I have taken over the topic from a colleague and so i have no idea what he has done when he had buit the initial rpm or why it is not working now.

Diff, read, debug. That's what I do.

Now I don't like looking at code *snippets* very much, especially if *you're* not even sure what the problem is with. Next time better post the whole thing (or alternatively U/L the files or package to some free host and the post a D/L URI).
Anyway, bringing it back to the bare essence this should be enough and does work for me:

Code:

if [ "$UTILS" = "po" ] ; then
 find po -name Makefile\* | while read i; do grep -q '^mkinstalldirs.*=.*case' "$i" && \
    perl -spi -e 's:^mkinstalldirs\s*=\s*.*:mkinstalldirs = \$(SHELL) \$(MKINSTALLDIRS):' "$i"
 done
fi