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Trouble Understanding %files in spec file

This question is somewhat basic; I am attempting to compile and install an Apache so module via rpm. This as much is accomplished when the rpm is built but when the rpm itself is installed, nothing occurs because I have incorrectly ennumerated the %files section of the spec file.

My question is, how are the files supposed to be listed in the %files section so that they are copied to their proper location? It seems that all the files are processed with $RPM_BUILD_ROOT appended to their location?

Here is the relevant portion of my spec file.

Code:

%description



%prep

%setup -q -n mod_authz_svn_eecs

%{__mkdir_p} -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%install

apxs -i -c mod_authz_svn_eecs.c        

cp /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so





%files

%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

%clean



%post



%changelog

Here are the errors that result from rpmbuild

Code:

chmod 755 /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

+ cp /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so /home/test/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i386/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress

+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip

+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive

+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note

Processing files: mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i686

error: File not found: /home/test/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i386/usr/lib/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so





RPM build errors:

    File not found: /home/test/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i386/usr/lib/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

Quote:

Originally Posted by dilzniksan (Post 4215800)

Code:

%description



%prep

%setup -q -n mod_authz_svn_eecs

%{__mkdir_p} -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%install

apxs -i -c mod_authz_svn_eecs.c        

cp /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so





%files

%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

%clean



%post



%changelog

Here are the errors that result from rpmbuild

Code:

chmod 755 /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

+ cp /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so /home/test/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i386/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress

+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip

+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive

+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note

Processing files: mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i686

error: File not found: /home/test/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i386/usr/lib/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so





RPM build errors:

    File not found: /home/test/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i386/usr/lib/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

I am not sure, but it seems that the line

Code:

cp /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

probably should be

Code:

cp /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

so as to avoid

Quote:

File not found: /home/test/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i386/usr/lib/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

Fixed spec file, still questions

I altered the spec file so that the .so file is properly copied to the %files directory.

Code:

Summary:      

%prep

%setup -q -n mod_authz_svn_eecs

%{__mkdir_p} -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/

%install

apxs -i -c mod_authz_svn_eecs.c

cp /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so



%files

%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

%clean

%post

%changelog

Rpmbuild generates the following:

Code:

Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /home/test/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/mod_authz_svn_eecs-0-0.i386

error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:

  /mod_authz_svn_eecs.so





RPM build errors:

    Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:

  /mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

mod_authz_svn_eecs.so is being copied to the root ?!? I am very confused as to how %files installs files.

Odd. %{_libdir} should expand to %{_exec_prefix}/%{_lib}, %{_exec_prefix} should expand to %{_prefix} which is '%define _prefix /usr' if you 'rpmbuild --showrc|egrep "^-.*(_prefix|_exec_prefix|libdir)"'. Another way would be to use auto-fill which should make your %files section look like this:

Code:

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

before that add this to the end of your %install your section:

Code:

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

and check http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts...n/ch09s05.html for more nfo.

working spec file

I went ahead and cleaned out all the temporary files from previous builds (which was probably why that errant file was being copied to root) and altered the spec file one last time, the cp in the %install section copies the file to the directory. This spec file works.

Code:

%prep

%setup -q -n mod_authz_svn_eecs

patch -i mod_authz_svn.patch -o mod_authz_svn_eecs.c

%{__mkdir_p} -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/httpd/modules



%install

apxs -i -c mod_authz_svn_eecs.c        

cp /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/





%files

%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/mod_authz_svn_eecs.so

%clean



%post



%changelog