Peter, On 3 December 2012 22:42, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David, > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 10:29 PM, David Rusling <david.rusl...@linaro.org> > wrote: > > all, > > it's been a while since I've build / been involved with RPM packages, > but > > I now have a Samsung ARM chromebook to play with. I've installed the > > various rpm build tools. Questions > > Welcome back ;-) > > > - do I need to use Koji or this more of a tool for package maintainers > to > > build and upload packages etc? > > No, you don't need to build them with koji, it's primary role is to > build the official distro packages although it's possible to use it > for scratch builds too. The easiest way to do this locally is to do > "yum install fedora-packager gcc" and then run rpmdev-setuptree which > will setup a local rpm build env. > Great, thanks. > > There's a good overview here > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package > > > - do the standard Fn source RPMs include support for ARM? > > Yes. We use 100% upstream mainline Fedora src.rpms, 99% of them even > build on ARM ;-) > > > - anyone want a package ported to ARM? I want the Chrome web browser, > but > > should probably start with something simpler > > It might be that the Chromium packages that spot builds for x86 are > buildable for ARM, I've not tried to do so though. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Chromium > That's what got me looking at building source RPMs. Looking at ffmpeg*, it doesn't build for ARM, various bits are missing, so may start there. > > > - good informational website on getting going porting packages to ARM? > > Are you talking of packages that are in mainline Fedora or other third > party packages? There is work to get the rpmfusion supporting ARM, > this is moving forward and should be more widely available soon. > Well, I'd also like Skype and Thunderbird for starters. Dave > > Peter > -- David A Rusling CTO, Linaro
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