Hi! Is there any way to query a package or the RPM database for the list of "Conflicts" and "Obsoletes"? I know this is possbile through APIs, but I need the...
Andrei Tarassov
andrei.tarassov@...
Jun 1, 2004 2:26 pm
24714
On Tuesday, 01 June 2004, at 17:19:39 (+0300), ... rpm -qa --qf '[%{obsoletes}\n]' rpm -q --qf '[%{obsoletes}\n]' bash Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a....
Michael Jennings
mej@...
Jun 1, 2004 2:35 pm
24715
... Its not a gross oversight, think about it...You are upgrading a peice of software, the new location might be important to the software working properly....
Scot Mc Pherson
scot@...
Jun 2, 2004 3:20 am
24716
... ./configure --disable-nls -- Scot Mc Pherson <scot@...> Sarasota, Florida, USA http://linuxfromscratch.org/~scot/ ICQ: 342949 AIM:...
Scot Mc Pherson
scot@...
Jun 2, 2004 3:22 am
24717
Is is possible to generate an binary rpm with uncompressed payload? The source says that there are two compressors available (gzip but bzip2) but there are...
Jan Blunck
j.blunck@...
Jun 2, 2004 12:38 pm
24718
... In your spec you need to: %define debug_package %{nil} Paul _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@... ...
Paul Nasrat
pnasrat@...
Jun 2, 2004 5:30 pm
24719
I'd like to disable /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh from running because it's creating extra directories in my build root. This runs after the %files section...
James_Martin@...
Jun 2, 2004 5:39 pm
24720
Hi, I am looking for an SVR4 equivalent functionality of specifying the soft links in the RPM package. SVR4 allows something called "ftype" (in the prototype...
Kamal Hussain
kamalh@...
Jun 2, 2004 5:40 pm
24721
... Not sure if I understand your question right, but: RPM just takes the file type as it appears in the buildroot (if it's a character special file or symlink...
Jos Vos
jos@...
Jun 2, 2004 6:09 pm
24722
Folks: I want to respect the users CC and CFLAGS settings in the RPM. That is, if CC is defined, use it, rather than the default. If CFLAGS are defined, then...
Joe Landman
landman@...
Jun 2, 2004 6:13 pm
24723
Thanks for your response Scot, that clears up quite a bit. It sounds like it is indeed a *mild* oversight based on your response. Cleary if the product...
bfc@...
Jun 2, 2004 6:22 pm
24724
Hi Jos, Let me clarify it again. In SVR4, you can have following specifications in the prototype file f none /bin/test l none /bin/test1=test l none...
Kamal Hussain
kamalh@...
Jun 2, 2004 6:38 pm
24725
... If there is a symlink in the buildroot, (only) that symlink is put in the final package. I'm very sure, I use it all the time, so if you saw something...
Jos Vos
jos@...
Jun 2, 2004 6:38 pm
24726
Jos, You are right. As you said, only the symbolic link is put in the package. For the SVR4 to RPM conversion, I guess the links need to be constructed under...
Kamal Hussain
kamalh@...
Jun 2, 2004 7:47 pm
24727
... Well, they should be created in the %install section of the spec file (I guess you convert a SVR4 specification to a RPM spec file): %install ... fill the...
Jos Vos
jos@...
Jun 2, 2004 7:53 pm
24728
Asking the question another way, I use %files -f all.lst What entry do I put in all.lst to specify a symlink? ... JV> Well, they should be created in the...
David Lim
David.Lim@...
Jun 2, 2004 9:11 pm
24729
... This is not a good idea, the idea of using rpm for source management is the capability of reproducing the builds exactly, that would break it... So my...
Carlos Villegas
villegas@...
Jun 2, 2004 9:23 pm
24730
... Ok, I was simply hoping to avoid having multiple .spec files. This is a good point though, that the builds do need to be repeatable. Maybe I'll do it as...
Joe Landman
landman@...
Jun 2, 2004 9:26 pm
24731
Hi folks: So I have a package that someone else wrote, but I am building spec files for. We are going to have multiple versions of this package. Assume the...
Joe Landman
landman@...
Jun 2, 2004 9:31 pm
24732
On Wednesday, 02 June 2004, at 17:23:18 (-0400), ... If that were true, rpmbuild wouldn't support things like --with and --without. Michael -- Michael Jennings...
Michael Jennings
mej@...
Jun 2, 2004 9:34 pm
24733
David, I guess the answer is that there is no special flags required to denote a symlink. All files could go under %files block and during the package ...
Kamal Hussain
kamalh@...
Jun 2, 2004 9:51 pm
24734
... Yep. ... This is a matter of taste, IMHO. You also have to create the "real" files, so I don't see a real advantage of specifying devices or symlinks in -...
Jos Vos
jos@...
Jun 3, 2004 9:54 am
24735
Hi, I have made two test packages to see the rpm script execution order and the arguments passed to those scripts. This raises two questions. The rpm...
Jos Vos
jos@...
Jun 3, 2004 9:01 pm
24736
... Not seeing any other replies, here are my thoughts. ... I don't think there is a standard. But some things do work better than others. Using a different...
Bob Proulx
bob@...
Jun 4, 2004 3:34 pm
24737
Thanks folks. This seems to make more sense to me. I see packages done both ways, and I decided upon the suggested naming on my own as more "natural". Joe ...
Joe Landman
landman@...
Jun 4, 2004 4:15 pm
24738
... Same goes for yum (In case you wonder). And I agree with this analysis. Carlos _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list ...
Carlos Villegas
villegas@...
Jun 4, 2004 5:01 pm
24739
... Yes, but I'd say those options are classified in the "give them enough rope, and hope they don't hang themselves" category. In general you want the spec...
Carlos Villegas
villegas@...
Jun 4, 2004 7:32 pm
24740
... Hmmm, other stuff to do with debugging is controlled by the _enable_debug_package flag, but debug_install_post doesn't seem to be, it's called based on...
Wichmann, Mats D
mats.d.wichmann@...
Jun 6, 2004 4:38 pm
24741
Trying to produce LSB-compliant rpms from srpms on a couple of architectures is problematic due to variances between distributions. The two specific cases that...
Wichmann, Mats D
mats.d.wichmann@...
Jun 6, 2004 4:48 pm
24742
Is there some sort of documentation of all the magic incantations one can do with rpm macros? I would like to know one thing in particular: how to do the...
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