On Jun 24, 2013, at 3:02 PM, Vinoth Sri wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm newbie to this rpm area and need help in configuring and setup RPM.
>
> Could somebody help me to configure the rpm with --rcfile option.?
>
The --rcfile option was removed years ago and there is no reason
(that I am aware of) to resurrect --rcfile.
> I downloaded a copy of 5.1.6 and 5.1.9 source rpm from this site and run the
> configuration file then issued make command. I could see binary's (rpm and
> rpmbuild) created successfully but didnt see the --rcfile in provided help
> file (rpmbuild --help)
>
> Getting below option instead --rcfile:
>
> --rpmlua=<FILE:...> Read <FILE:...> instead of default RPM Lua
> file(s)
> --rpmpopt=<FILE:...> Read <FILE:...> instead of default POPT
> file(s)
> Tried to configure without LUA as well.
>
> Queries:
>
> - Do I need to enable / setup configuration expl for --rcfile option?
No usage case for --rcfile so nothing to enable. Replace rpmrc
functionality by:
1) use --macros to override compiled in macro paths
2) configure %optfllags (and other per-arch) macros directly instead
of the horendousl complexity of rpmrc
3) add patterns in /etc/rpm/platform if you simply MUST attempt arch
compatibility: imho its easier to invoke rpm/rpmbuild appropriately
than it is to figure out how to use rpmrc for the rare cases where
a new architecture is being added.
> - Do I need to install any separate package for the same.
>
Examine the output of configure carefully to tell whether you
have missing build pre-req's.
Not that the @rpm5.org configure can/will build a (totally useless)
version of rpm/rpmbuild without any database/compression support.
That is the chosen (by @rpm5.org members) behavior: I was out voted.
hth
73 de Jeff
>
> Once thing I noticied in PopAll.c file had RC file macro which is no more
> available in 5.+ version , so wondering whether the command line is removed
> or replaced?
>
> Thanks in Advance.
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