Here is the solution to this problem. RPM creates a cpio archive which is then incorporated into the package. RPM was using /var/tmp (swap on a sol2.6 box) as...
EXT-Fulwiler, Robert L
Robert.L.Fulwiler@...
Dec 1, 2004 4:44 pm
25539
I'm looking at some options around signatures in RPM. From the RPM format it appears it should be possible to have multiple signatures on a package of the...
Peter Bowen
pzb@...
Dec 2, 2004 4:44 am
25540
Greetings. I have created a few dozen RPMs with the checkinstall utility <http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/>. Afterwards I noticed that I got some...
Tristan Miller
psychonaut@...
Dec 2, 2004 12:31 pm
25541
... rpmrebuild is for you. (http://rpmrebuild.sourceforge.net/) Valery ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
Valery Reznic
valery_reznic@...
Dec 2, 2004 5:30 pm
25542
... Editing the specs and rebuilding is the preferred and correct approach t o this. Paul _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list...
Paul Nasrat
pnasrat@...
Dec 2, 2004 6:26 pm
25543
... Neat utility but it is better to make an actual rpm using a spec file and here's why - 1) It's the right way to build an rpm 2) You can properly flag files...
Michael A. Peters
mpeters@...
Dec 2, 2004 11:47 pm
25544
On Thursday, 02 December 2004, at 23:47:28 (+0000), ... Don't confuse the use of tools like checkinstall or specgen with belief that they are a total solution....
Michael Jennings
mej@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:49 am
25545
Greetings. In article <1102031248l.4273l.0l@...>, Michael A. Peters ... I was looking for an easy way to keep track of third-party programs ...
Tristan Miller
psychonaut@...
Dec 3, 2004 4:31 pm
25546
... I manage an enormous number of add-on packages for Fedora, including the LAPACK and ATLAS numeric libraries, two flavors of Numeric Python (Numeric and...
Stephen Walton
stephen.walton@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:29 pm
25547
I attempted to build an exim rpm recently and received the following build error in the final stages. Although I was able to configure, build and install rpm...
richard.mckinley@...
Dec 6, 2004 9:48 am
25548
Hello, I'm have this in a .spec file: BuildRequires: perl >= 2:5.8.0 Requires: %(eval `perl -V:version`; echo "perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_$version)") It build's fine,...
Aamer Akhter
aakhter@...
Dec 7, 2004 1:30 am
25549
Hi, I am trying to install an RPM package in my laptop but the system stops responding after issuing rpm -ivh RPMPackage.i686.rpm. This RPMPackage installs...
Shiva Varma
shivavarma_mn@...
Dec 7, 2004 9:57 am
25550
... Try: - kill -9 any such hung processes - back up /var/lib/rpm/ just in case - rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* - rpm --rebuilddb (and be very patient - can take...
Paolo Campanella
paolo@...
Dec 7, 2004 11:04 am
25551
... Hmm, maybe switch those two steps around ;) _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@... ...
Paolo Campanella
paolo@...
Dec 7, 2004 11:10 am
25552
... Yes. You need to update to rpm-4.2-1 (instead of the rpm-4.2-0.69). I'm not sure where to get this from RH anymore, but it is much less broken. You can get...
Matthew Miller
mattdm@...
Dec 7, 2004 2:47 pm
25553
I've created some RPM packages for OpenAFS, which involves a bunch of libraries and commands and so on, some configuration, and a kernel module. Right now, I...
Matthew Miller
mattdm@...
Dec 7, 2004 3:26 pm
25554
Hello. ... [snip] This isn't really an answer to your question, just an alternative way of doing this: Have you thought about packaging the kernel module to...
Richard Dawe
rdawe@...
Dec 7, 2004 4:23 pm
25555
Hi list, I am trying to compile mySQL 4.1.7 from fc-devel on a RH7.3 because I need the clustering-abilities. The build works fine with updated...
Andreas Pfaffeneder
apfaffeneder@...
Dec 7, 2004 4:32 pm
25556
... It's on my List of Things to Check Out. However, I don't want all of the systems we're deploying OpenAFS on to need to have a full kernel build toolchain...
Matthew Miller
mattdm@...
Dec 7, 2004 5:03 pm
25557
Hello. ... Fair enough. You could also look at FUSE. Search on Freshmeat <http://freshmeat.net> for its home page. That ties the package version number to the...
Richard Dawe
rdawe@...
Dec 7, 2004 5:06 pm
25558
... Hmmm. Apparently everyone wants to be called "FUSE". There's the "Filesystem in Userspace" project, an emulator for ancient Spectrum PCs, an image ...
Matthew Miller
mattdm@...
Dec 7, 2004 6:50 pm
25559
I've run into the following problem: I want to change the normal /usr/src/redhat path to something else (we are maintaining a distribution which is based on...
Paul-Erik Törrö...
paul-erik.torronen@...
Dec 8, 2004 2:43 pm
25560
... Hash: SHA1 Hi, is it possible to extract spec file from an existing RPM? I created a number of specific private RPMs and then I lost the spec files due to...
Frank Bures
lisfrank@...
Dec 8, 2004 7:14 pm
25561
... Not from a binary RPM AFAIK. ... If you built a source RPM, it should include the spec file. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list...
Perry Hutchison
phutchis@...
Dec 8, 2004 7:34 pm
25562
... rpmrebuild is your friend -- it'll recreate the spec file with a command line option. All you loose is your comments, macro defs, and conditionals. See...
Hal Wine
hal@...
Dec 8, 2004 7:51 pm
25563
... Unless I'm mistaken, the spec file generated by rpmrebuild will be quite different from the original if the original built the package from source (as a...
Bart Whiteley
bwhiteley@...
Dec 8, 2004 7:53 pm
25564
Hi, I have noticed the following behavior with RPM relocation. I have somepackage.rpm that supports relocation. Prefix : /opt/somepkgdir %files ...
Prakash_Nara@...
Dec 8, 2004 9:43 pm
25565
... Arg, you're right, of course. Typed too fast. Usually, I find the build steps are usually the least hard to recreate for me. That may not be the case for...
Hal Wine
hal@...
Dec 8, 2004 10:53 pm
25566
suppose i have a relocatable package foo-1.i386.rpm i can install it to /opt/foo1 with: rpm -ivh --prefix=/opt/foo1 package foo-1.i386.rpm [providing i'm not...
No Spam
nospam420@...
Dec 9, 2004 1:17 am
25567
... I am pretty sure that RPM cannot do this. RPM packages are key strictly by the name of the package. You are asking for packages to be additionally...
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