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I updated RPM related parts in FAQ_DEV against HEAD. It has now more
current information. It will be better if someone checks the wording
before committing.
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Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
!Last updated: Wed Sep 6 20:12:13 EDT 2006
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
!Last updated: Mon Oct 16 15:24:36 EDT 2006
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1.14) How are RPMs packaged?
!This was written by Lamar Owen:
!2001-05-03
As to how the RPMs are built -- to answer that question sanely
!requires me to know how much experience you have with the whole RPM
paradigm. 'How is the RPM built?' is a multifaceted question. The
!obvious simple answer is that I maintain:
1. A set of patches to make certain portions of the source tree
'behave' in the different environment of the RPMset;
2. The initscript;
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1.14) How are RPMs packaged?
!This was written by Lamar Owen and Devrim Gündüz:
!2006-10-16
As to how the RPMs are built -- to answer that question sanely
!requires us to know how much experience you have with the whole RPM
paradigm. 'How is the RPM built?' is a multifaceted question. The
!obvious simple answer is that we maintain:
1. A set of patches to make certain portions of the source tree
'behave' in the different environment of the RPMset;
2. The initscript;
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5. The spec file that throws it all together. This is not a trivial
undertaking in a package of this size.
!I then download and build on as many different canonical distributions
!as I can -- currently I am able to build on Red Hat 6.2, 7.0, and 7.1
!on my personal hardware. Occasionally I receive opportunity from
!certain commercial enterprises such as Great Bridge and PostgreSQL,
!Inc. to build on other distributions.
!
!I test the build by installing the resulting packages and running the
!regression tests. Once the build passes these tests, I upload to the
!postgresql.org ftp server and make a release announcement. I am also
!responsible for maintaining the RPM download area on the ftp site.
!
!You'll notice I said 'canonical' distributions above. That simply
means that the machine is as stock 'out of the box' as practical --
that is, everything (except select few programs) on these boxen are
installed by RPM; only official Red Hat released RPMs are used (except
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5. The spec file that throws it all together. This is not a trivial
undertaking in a package of this size.
!PGDG RPM Maintainer builds the SRPM and announces the SRPM to the
!pgsqlrpms-hackers list. This is a list where package builders are
!subscribed. Then, the builders download the SRPM and rebuild it on their
!machines.
!
!We try to build on as many different canonical distributions as we can.
!Currently we are able to build on Red Hat Linux 9, RHEL 3 and above,
!and all Fedora Core Linux releases.
!
!To test the binaries, we install them on our local machines and run
!regression tests. If the package builders uses postgres user to build the
!rpms, then it is possible to run regression tests during RPM builds.
!
!Once the build passes these tests, the binary RPMs are sent back to PGDG
!RPM Maintainer and they are pushed to main FTP site, followed by a
!release announcement to pgsqlrpms-* lists, pgsql-general and
!pgsql-announce lists.
!
!You'll notice we said 'canonical' distributions above. That simply
means that the machine is as stock 'out of the box' as practical --
that is, everything (except select few programs) on these boxen are
installed by RPM; only official Red Hat released RPMs are used (except
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compiler is used -- and only the standard official kernel is used as
well.
!For a time I built on Mandrake for RedHat consumption -- no more.
!Nonstandard RPM building systems are worse than useless. Which is not
!to say that Mandrake is useless! By no means is Mandrake useless --
!unless you are build
