Re: [Rpm-ecosystem] [RpmSpec] - Require package that is not included in the default repo in Centos

I'm not really sure this is on topic for this list. I would suggest that the epel-devel list might be closer to the mark. Or even the Fedora packaging list, though this isn't really about Fedora either. In any case > "h" == h4rvey writes: h> Hi, i'm trying to build a rpm package for

Re: [Rpm-ecosystem] Documenting %autopatch

> "MS" == Miroslav Suchý writes: MS> Is anywhere documented %autopatch? I think the only real documentation is the source: # Automatically apply all patches %autopatch(vp:)\ %{lua:\ local options = rpm.expand("%{!-v:-q} %{-p:-p%{-p*}} ")\ for i, p in ipairs(patches) do\

Re: [Rpm-ecosystem] Trying to understand %buildsubdir and debuginfo generation

> "NG" == Neal Gompa writes: NG> That said, it's required to make debuginfo packages get generated, NG> as I found out when working on OpenMandriva's NG> rpm-openmandriva-setup: NG>

Re: [Rpm-ecosystem] Trying to understand %buildsubdir and debuginfo generation

> "JJ" == Jeff Johnson writes: JJ> Note that the macro definitions you are trying to understand are not JJ> from rpm itself (so you perhaps should be consulting with other JJ> SME's than me). Well, I was consulting a mailing list. Here's a paste from the macros.debug file in

Re: [Rpm-ecosystem] Trying to understand %buildsubdir and debuginfo generation

And to continue the spam, I see that in 2016 rpm gained support for section end markers ("%end") which also conveniently solves the problem. I know I had asked about that years ago but I had no idea that it had been implemented. As far as I can tell, though, you need rpm 4.14. - J<

Re: [Rpm-ecosystem] Trying to understand %buildsubdir and debuginfo generation

To sort of answer my own question... It isn't %build that's important. There simply must be some other section between %prep and %install. What I think happens is this: The parser is running through %prep, doing whatever it does (expanding macros and building the script that will be executed,

Re: [Rpm-ecosystem] Trying to understand %buildsubdir and debuginfo generation

> "JJ" == Jeff Johnson writes: JJ> You are unlikely to achieve any joy trying to set or change its JJ> value. I'm trying to comprehend how you came to the conclusion that I wanted to change its value. JJ> I know of no reason why a -debuginfo package needs a %build JJ>

[Rpm-ecosystem] Trying to understand %buildsubdir and debuginfo generation

A question came up in the Fedora Packaging Committee: Why is a %build section required for debuginfo packages to be generated. We were looking into the R packaging guidelines. R modules are built and installed in one step which cannot be split, so in Fedora everything is just done in the