Hello,

1. I am trying to create a rpm file on RHEL 6 using rpmbuild. I receive below error while running “rpmbuild –ba testfile.spec” (FYI - I am running the above command as non-root user)

RPM build errors:
File not found: /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/httpd-2.4.12.tar.gz

2. Before running rpmbuild I did ensure there are source files in /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES directory.

The below are contents from the spec file

%define _topdir /home/makerpm/rpmbuild
%define name httpd
%define release 2.4
%define version 2.4.12
%define buildroot %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
BuildRoot: %{buildroot}
Summary: Create a test rpm file
Name: httpd
Version: 2.4.12
Release: 2.4
License: ATT
Vendor: ATT
Source: source1.tar.gz
Source1:source2.tar.gz
Source2:source3.tar.gz

%files
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/source1.tar.gz
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/source2.tar.gz
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/source3.tar.gz
%defattr(-,root,root)

%build
./configure
make

%install
"make install

3. I noticed that once it enters %install it removes the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT directory which is “/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64” and then recreates it. That is the reason I am losing the source files I had moved earlier.

Please see the messages below which were generated.

Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/apache/rpm-tmp.oTHV01
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ '[' /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64 '!=' / ']'
+ rm -rf /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64
++ dirname /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64
+ mkdir -p /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT
+ mkdir /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64
+ LANG=C
+ export LANG
+ unset DISPLAY
+ make install
Making install in srclib


I tried putting files in a different directory but it always looks for the files in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT. Is there a way we can put the files in a directory different from $RPM_BUILD_ROOT?

Thank you,

When you setup a default {rpmbuild environment} like ...
#13 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...1-a-766486/#13
... you will have this : $HOME/rpms/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS,tmp}

The sources.tar.** location is /home/<name>/rpms/SOURCES/.

Which you can also observe when unpacking an SRC RPM :
$ rpm -Uvh < any-of-these ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/en...r/en/os/SRPMS/ >


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1. I copied the files to the /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES directory and once I add the below files to the files section I keep getting error.

/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/httpd-2.4.12.tar.gz
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/apr-1.5.2.tar.gz
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz

Error : RPM build errors:
File not found: /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/httpd-2.4.12.tar.gz

3. After receiving the above error I tried copying the files to the /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES directory but the error persists. As mentioned earlier in my email even though I created directories in the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT once it enters %install it removes the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT directory which is /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/httpd-2.4.12-2.4.x86_64 and then recreates it. That is the reason I am losing the source files I had moved earlier.

How can we ensure the .tar.gz files are packaged in rpm?

Re #3, #1.

Please see this other simple build example :
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-rhel6-928622/


? Why do you want the source files in the rpm package ?
Source files are for the src.rpm package .
I.e. 'rpmbuild -ba' means : Build binary and source packages
http://linux.die.net/man/8/rpmbuild


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/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/source1.tar.gz
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/source2.tar.gz
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/SOURCES/source3.tar.gz

I am performing following steps in prep section

a. Extracting source1.tar.gz
b. Extract the contents of source2.tar.gz and source3.tar.gz to source1/destfolder

In build section I browse to source1 folder and execute configure and make.
In install section I am running make install

I thought keeping these .tar.gz files in /SOURCES directory will package them in the rpm file.