On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 6:04 AM Phil Otken <phil.ot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *Background*: I am in the process of re-building an Oracle Linux 9.3 server > <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rebuilding-linux-server-index-articles-overlogix-9tmvf> > (this is a downstream RHEL derivative, stable and conservative), got it to > compile yesterday and stopped there to *RTFM*. > > Currently installed are the latest Fedora packages as a temporary measure > while the build issues are sorted out. They work OK, but depend on Wayland, > and freeze the whole computer if the KVM switch is used. Undesirable, > unstable, hence the build. > > *Issue I need help with*: I see the file *spec/efl.spec.in > <http://efl.spec.in>*, tried to find instructions to use it, didn't find > any. I gather this file is a template used to process somehow into a usable > *efl.spec*, which can in turn be used to process to a binary RPM package, > and possibly also a source RPM package, very desirable. I also suspect that > meson is used somehow to process this file, couldn't find appropriate > material after a lot of searching. Bard and ChatGPT confidently > hallucinated on the topic. > > Does anyone on this list have this type of packaging experience? How can > this file be used, and what are the steps? Please dumb it down for me to > fifth grader level; my expertise is elsewhere.
hello i've no experience in building an rpm package but here are some hints anyway: * efl.spec.in are files where some content between 2 arobase (@) are replaced with a value. Here it is @VERSION@ * to have a correct efl.spec, just copy efl.spec.in to efl.spec and replace @VERSION@ to 1.26.0 or whatever version of the EFL you have downloaded * then build the rpm from this spec file note that the file is old and changes in the EFL have been done. You should find an efl.spec from a distro instead of using it regards Vincent Torri _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
