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Old 05-01-2017, 10:44 AM   #1
threezerous
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rpmbuild for installing files in multiple directories


This should be something simple, but I can't seem to figure out the obvious. However, this is my first try at using rpmbuild.

The requirement is to create an RPM which will install files as below:
Basically 2 separate directory paths and multiple files under each.

Code:
/parentdir/dirA/subdira/subdirb/file1
/parentdir/dirA/subdira/subdirb/file2

/parentdir/dirB/subdirp/subdirq/file3
/parentdir/dirB/subdirp/subdirq/file4

I created the rpmbuild structure under my home directory /home/threezerous as follows
mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}

My .rpmmacros is as follows
Code:
%_topdir        /home/threezerous/rpm
%_tmppath       /home/threezerous/rpm/tmp
My spec is as below:
Code:
%define name    appname
Name:           appname
Version:        1.0
Release:        1
Summary:        v1.0 - install jar lib files for appname
Group:          groupname
BuildArch:      noarch
License:        NA
URL:            http://xyz.com
#Source0:
BuildRoot:      %{_builddir}/${name}-root
#BuildRequires:
#Requires:
%description
%prep
exit 0
%build
tar -cvzf /tmp/dirA.tgz /parentdir/dirA/*
tar -cvzf /tmp/dirB.tgz /parentdir/dirB/*
tar -cvzf /tmp/appname.tgz /tmp/*.tgz
exit 0
%install
tar -xvzf /tmp/dirA.tgz
tar -xvzf /tmp/dirB.tgz
exit 0
%clean
exit 0
%files
%defattr(-,405,405,-)
/parentdir/dirA/subdira
/parentdir/dirB/subdirp
%changelog
* Wed Apr 27 2017 threezerous - 1.0
- Created new spec file for appname RPM
Something wrong definitely in the spec file, since running rpmbuild -bb test.spec from my home dir gives the following error towards the end
error: File not found: /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/
Code:
error: File not found: /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/appname-1.0-1.x86_64/parentdir/dirA/subdira
error: File not found: /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/appname-1.0-1.x86_64/parentdir/dirB/subdirp
Any suggestions/help is much appreciated. Also, I value your time so provided as much info as I could and I have run the actual example above.

Thanks
 
Old 05-01-2017, 12:17 PM   #2
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error: File not found: /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/
Usually it's like : "....../appname-1.0-1.x86_64/parentdir" not found.

An easy fix ...
$ mkdir -p /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/appname-1.0-1.x86_64
.... and then copy 'parentdir/' with itīs content into BUILDROOT/appname-1.0-1.x86_64/


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Last edited by knudfl; 05-01-2017 at 12:18 PM.
 
Old 05-01-2017, 04:06 PM   #3
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Thanks for your suggestion @knudfl. I tried creating that dir+ file structure as directed. But apparently when I run the rpmbuild command, it deletes the contents of the dir /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/appname-1.0-1.x86_64/ and then fails with the same error.

Quote:
Usually it's like : "....../appname-1.0-1.x86_64/parentdir" not found.
You are right about that. The complete error is
Code:
error: File not found: /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/appname-1.0-1.x86_64/parentdir/dirA/subdira
error: File not found: /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/appname-1.0-1.x86_64/parentdir/dirB/subdirp
 
Old 05-01-2017, 04:32 PM   #4
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when I run the rpmbuild command, it deletes the contents of the dir /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT
OK, then give it a try again .... until you have the right directory :
$ mkdir -p /home/threezerous/rpm/BUILDROOT/appname-1.0-1.x86_64
... or whatever the right name is for the application.


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