Hi, I have to build rpm file. Is there any documentation about spec file format? I read maximum rpm that comes from red hat 8.0 but it does not contain...
Theewara Vorakosit
thvo@...
Nov 3, 2002 5:51 am
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... Presumably you mean an empty value. %define thevariable %{nil} 73 de Jeff -- Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ jbj@... (jbj@...) Chapel Hill, NC ...
Jeff Johnson
jbj@...
Nov 4, 2002 12:50 pm
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Hello, After many problems, I've managed to port RPM-4.1 to cygwin : actually it compiles, it installs BUT some tests (make check...) just don't work. In the ...
CRAUSAZ Yann
yann.crausaz@...
Nov 4, 2002 1:21 pm
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... Be forewarned: "make check" in rpm has not been useful in years. ... It means that the file /usr/local/bin/hello.exe exists in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT, but is not...
Jeff Johnson
jbj@...
Nov 4, 2002 1:29 pm
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... Hello Jeff, First of all, thanks for answering so quickly !!! My problem is that I don't exactly understand what you mean with the '%files manifest'......
Yann Crausaz
yann_crausaz@...
Nov 4, 2002 3:07 pm
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... Look at hello.spec, in the %files section. What is needed is %files %defattr(-,root,root) %doc FAQ #%readme README #%license COPYING ...
Jeff Johnson
jbj@...
Nov 4, 2002 4:02 pm
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... Wow !!! It works ! I managed to create and RPM archive using RPM-4.1 under Cygwin !!! (but it failed installing, which is normal at this state : error:...
Yann Crausaz
yann_crausaz@...
Nov 4, 2002 4:50 pm
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... The next step is to use rpm to produce the following packages, the members of the smallest possible self consistent transaction: setup basesystem ...
Jeff Johnson
jbj@...
Nov 4, 2002 6:15 pm
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Newbie question? I have a group of scripts that I would like to roll up into my own rpm package for shipping to customers. There is no need to compile any of ...
Scott Comboni
scott@...
Nov 4, 2002 6:30 pm
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On 04 Nov 2002 13:18:09 -0500 Scott Comboni <scott@...> wrote: # # I run this with # rpmbuild -bb and I get no errors but I also do not get an rpm file...
Jesse Keating
hosting@...
Nov 4, 2002 7:00 pm
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... I tried that but still no .rpm just the src rpm file. Scott ... -- ____________________________________________________________ S ...
Scott Comboni
scott@...
Nov 4, 2002 7:11 pm
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On 04 Nov 2002 14:02:59 -0500 Scott Comboni <scott@...> wrote: # # I tried that but still no .rpm just the src rpm file. Can you attach your spec file?...
Jesse Keating
hosting@...
Nov 4, 2002 7:20 pm
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... You need to copy the files to the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT path. rpm treats $RPM_BUILD_ROOT as the ``root'' path of the package it is going to roll, so all the...
Keith R. John Warno
keith.warno@...
Nov 4, 2002 7:20 pm
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... Hmm. Does the _rpmdir macro point to /usr/src/redhat/RPMS? # rpm --eval %_rpmdir --Paul Heinlein <heinlein@...> ...
Paul Heinlein
heinlein@...
Nov 4, 2002 7:22 pm
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I attached the spec file I have been working on. Also I someone suggested that I need the %files so I will try that as well. Scott ... -- ____ Summary:...
Scott Comboni
scott@...
Nov 4, 2002 7:53 pm
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Hello, Is it possible to find those packages (setup .. termcap) anywhere ? I'd prefer not to have to build them on my own : I'm working on my diploma work, so...
Yann Crausaz
yann_crausaz@...
Nov 5, 2002 10:41 am
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I'm having problems with rpm hanging up doing the space check thing on some flaky network volums. Is there a way to turn off or modify the space check? Like...
Dr.Doug L. Hoffman
hoffman@...
Nov 5, 2002 7:00 pm
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... --ignoresize 73 de Jeff -- Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ jbj@... (jbj@...) Chapel Hill, NC _______________________________________________ Rpm-list...
Jeff Johnson
jbj@...
Nov 5, 2002 7:09 pm
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Thanks. Is there some way to make rpm ignore non-local file systems but still do the space check? Regards, Doug ...
Dr.Doug L. Hoffman
hoffman@...
Nov 5, 2002 8:08 pm
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... Nope. 73 de Jeff -- Jeff Johnson ARS N3NPQ jbj@... (jbj@...) Chapel Hill, NC _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing...
Jeff Johnson
jbj@...
Nov 5, 2002 8:25 pm
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Hi all, How do I change the location where a "src.rpm" package is installed ? Using "--prefix" does not work. I want to install as an ordinary user into e.g....
Jules Bjørn Colding
JuBColding@...
Nov 7, 2002 11:57 am
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... Create a file $HOME/.rpmmacros and put this line in it: %_topdir /home/foo/SRPM (replace 'foo' as appropriate). Then 'rpm -i ...' will install the ...
Malcolm Tredinnick
malcolm@...
Nov 7, 2002 12:09 pm
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... Create a .rpmmacros file in youre users home directory, Heres home below, this will build all files in: /home/users/rpms/redhat ... %packager...
Mark Cooke
redhat-lists@...
Nov 7, 2002 12:09 pm
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... The above seemed to solve all my problems. Thanks for the help. ... _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list ...
Scott Comboni
scott@...
Nov 7, 2002 2:05 pm
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I would like to incorporate Summary, Group, and %description information in several languages into a .spec file. I would like advice on how to do this...
Bruce Allen
ballen@...
Nov 8, 2002 11:21 am
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... Mixing encoding and language together sounds a really bad idea. IMHO really a spec file should have a single encoding (UTF-8 prime candidate) and then use...
Daniel Veillard
veillard@...
Nov 8, 2002 12:16 pm
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Hi Daniel, Thanks for your instant reply! ... I am not quite sure what you mean by this. My "guess" at the correct syntax comes from the setlocale (3) man page...
Bruce Allen
ballen@...
Nov 8, 2002 12:52 pm
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... Unified encoding for the full spec file. Only language specific metainformations should be needed ... My take is that locale for encoding purposes must die...
Daniel Veillard
veillard@...
Nov 8, 2002 1:40 pm
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Hi Daniel, Thanks again for the very prompt reply. ... I apologize for seeming obtuse; I still don't understand your answers to my questions. Do you mean...
Bruce Allen
ballen@...
Nov 8, 2002 2:17 pm
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... yes ... You can't as far as I can tell. There is no current support for what you're asking in RPM. I can't give you what you want it doesn't exist. ... No....