On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 10:54:48AM +0800, -=warfab=- wrote:
> Just wanted to "personalized" mandrake rpms from tar.gziped files. I
> know that most tar.gz's have spec files for building rpms but they're
> too generic.
In my experience, they're not generic at all, rather RH specific.
> Hate to downoad two source rpms (one latest 'generic' src
> rpm and one 'mandrake-specific' src rpm just to satisfy this.
Source rpms are supposed to contain _pristine_ source files. You
shouldn't need to download the source files if you already have the
source rpm.
> This just wastes too much prepaid online time for me.
If you're a cheapskate like me, use those www4mail servers to download.
I usually use my edsamail account to download using a www4mail server.
Absolutely free (not counting telco charges) downloading! It's usually
limited to 6mb though. For more info:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/
> Will take your advice and read more on the rpm man pages. Will also
> read more on the autospec man pages. Maybe I can find a way to
> 'capture' the build and install parts of your suggested arguments for
> rpm.
The build stage is usually just a simple:
%build
./configure
make
and install is usually:
%install
make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
# or
make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-strip
Note: The "DESTDIR" variable is not always used by the source Makefiles.
It may be totally different like "root" (apache) or not implemented at
all.
This applies for around 90% of the source files I've encountered. You
probably also need to know how to read Makefiles. It's also a good idea
to create rpm packages as normal user and _not_ root to be on the safe
side.
To be able to create rpm packages as a normal user:
$ echo "%_topdir /home/user/rpm" > ~/.rpmmacros
$ cd ~/rpm
$ mkdir BUILD RPM SOURCES SPECS SRPMS
$ mkdir RPM/i386
User "user" should then be able to create rpm packages.
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