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A Basic Question on rpmbuild
Hi, I am trying to create a binary rpm using the rpmbuild utility. Specifically, the software I am packaging is a vendor product provided in the form of a tar archive and a korn shell installer. I've managed to create a spec file that will invoke the installer script and copy all the files into virtual build dir (${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}). Now in the %files stanza, it appears I need to list all the files/dirs. My question is: is there an easy way to do this? I looked at different macros and examples, but most are assuming building from source and using standard Red Hat install dir structure (/usr/lib, /usr/bin etc.)/
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! |
I'm usually lazy so I skip the %files section and attempt to build the package, rpmbuild will then give you a list of installed but unpackaged files. Look through the list for common directories, if the directory is app specific then include it like so:
/opt/<myapp> If there are config files under /etc then add: /etc/* If there are README's and so on in the root of the tarball then use: %doc README ... If there are man pages then use: %{mandir}/man1/* ..and so on until there are no files left unpackaged. Also, please install rpmlint and run it against your package or spec file, it's output can be very helpful. cheers |
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What a great tip, thanks to both!
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As a quick follow-up: with the help of unSpawn and kbp, I was able to build a binary rpm. Having read the docs, I understand that rpmbuild performs automatic dependency checking (I was able to turn it off using the 'AutoReqProv: no' flag). But with the auto dependency checking, when I try to test the rpm, it fails with all kinds of dependencies, even on a machine on which it is already installed! How can that be? Is it because the dependencies were presumably installed without using RPM?
[mjovanov@eset-tan SPECS]$ rpm --test -Uvh ../RPMS/x86_64/apache_custom.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: /usr/local/bin/python is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libclntsh.so.10.1()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libclntsh.so.9.0()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libcomn_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libcs_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libct_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libhpodbc_l64.so.2()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libifcli.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libifgls.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libifglx.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libimqb23gl.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libimqc23gl.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libimqs23gl.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libintl_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libmqcxa64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libmqmxa64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libodbc.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libodbc.so(VERS_3.52)(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libodbcinst.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libodbcinst.so(VERS_3.52)(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libpxicu.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libreadline.so.4()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libsybcomn_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libsybcs_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libsybct_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libsybintl_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libsybtcl_r64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libsybunic64.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libtelapi.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 libwtc9.so()(64bit) is needed by apache_custom.x86_64 [p002197@eset-tan SPECS]$ |
If you disable the auto dependency generation you'll need to add your own 'Requires: ...'. I rarely turn it off
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