I resend this as the SF mailing list has not returned me a
copy of this pice yet. There are some problems in the
embedded .spec files in both OpenCA, and openca-tools, as at
the FTP site.
I have completed patches, and a rebuild of openca-tools (it
has an improper use of some options in 'install' and is
'finished; OpenCA needs a bit more with in the Makefile.in in
the 'install' target.
The patches, the ORIG and patched .spec files [which seem to
be created through some sort of scripted release mechanism]
and the 'proof' SRPMs after the patches are at:
ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/local/ORC/openca/
I would suggest editing the specfile.in files to add the
'CentOS' specific detection code. There is also a version
problem in the .spec file in openca-tools-1.0.0. I will look
at the specfile generation code in a bit. There are also
problems in the Makefile.in with the use of the '-o' and '-g'
options.
Lines like:
/usr/bin/install -c -o root -g nobody
are ** not ** permissible (in specifying -o and -g options).
Such options cause errors which users find hard to understand
when (properly) building as non-root, and should be addressed
in the %files stanza rather than in 'install'
This .spec file construct is where the ownerships are set:
%defattr(-, -, -)
should be something like
%defattr(644,root,root,755)
... or if something like:
/usr/bin/install -c -o root -g nobody -m 755 openssl-setopt
/var/tmp/openca-base-1.0.1//opt/openca/bin/openssl-setopt
is REALLY needed,
%defattr(644,root,nobody,755)
I really doubt that the 'nobody' group is needed, when the
perms are 755, but .... perhaps. Please advise if this is
really so.
As to the dangers of root building, and how to do better,
see my piece about building as non-root:
http://www.owlriver.com/tips/non-root/
Many people do not 'solve' non-root building, but RPM was (and
is) clearly able to do EVERYTHING that a root build can do,
but in a fashion to be safe to the surrounding build
environment. Getting this working properly is someting which
a 'proper' project should be doing, and I can of course help.
I was the long time editor of the RPM website, prior to its
recent return to Red Hat editorship control, and a founder in
the CentOS project. I am certainly willing to send along
patches to help this project.
-- Russ
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:11:13
From: R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Users' Help and Suggestions <openca-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Testing OpenCA ten-ten
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Massimiliano Pala wrote:
> I think that the error is related to the fact you have no RPM system
> installed. If you install the rpm software on your system you will not get
> that error anymore.
no -- CentOS is the community rebuild of RHEL from Red Hat [I speak as one of
the core team members], and clearly does have the RPM package amnagement system
at its heart. Perhaps the 'rpm-build' package (which provides
/usr/bin/rpmbuild) was not installed on Samuel Rios Carvalho's system.
I will try to replicate the error in a proper CentOS setup
-- Russ herrold
herrold at centos dot org
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