If something is missing in the site doc, please file a ticket. Also,
it would be great if you could create a patch or at least specify what
should be added. So that the next person with this problem doesn't
have to waste time finding the solution.

Thanks,
/Anders

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 13:10, Sandy McPherson <alls...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> I checked out the source code:
> The AbstractRPMMojo defines a name parameter, which does exactly what I
> want, it is just not documented on the site, I should have looked in the
> mojo spec...
> Works a treat.
> <configuration>
>  <name>${rpmName}</name>
> </configuration>
> Thanks guys for all the help
>
>> The following may be what you are requesting.
>> <configuration>
>> <defineStatements>
>> <defineStatement>software_name mySoftwareName</defineStatement>
>> </defineStatements>
>> </configuration>
>>
>> /James
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Sandy McPherson [mailto:alls...@xs4all.nl]
>>> Sent: 25 April 2012 14:52
>>> To: user@mojo.codehaus.org
>>> Subject: Re: [mojo-user] rpm-maven-plugin
>>>
>>> Hi Anders,
>>> Thanks for the quick reply I am not so much interested in the filename
>>> as such,
>>> but the name encoded in the RPM, this is because the standards-nazis at
>>> my
>>> present employer have come up with some bizarre naming scheme for RPMs
>>> and I am trying to bolt the RPM build onto long existing maven projects
>>> without
>>> having to go through the gymnastics of creating new projects which copy
>>> down
>>> dependencies and bundle them into RPMs. I had managed simply to add the
>>> major part of the configuration into my root POM's pluginManagement
>>> section
>>> and just have a minimal reference in the leaf projects. However the
>>> naming
>>> standards threw a spanner in the works.
>>> I will look into creating a patch.
>>>
>>> > The name of the artifact deployed to the repo is standardized by the
>>> > repo layout. However, I agree that the file produced under target
>>> > could use project.build.finalName (although is see little benefit of
>>> > this as it is IMHO what is deployed to the repo that matters). If it's
>>> > important, please file a ticket. A patch is always welcome! :-)
>>> >
>>> > /Anders
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 14:38, Sandy McPherson <alls...@xs4all.nl>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >> This is a great plugin, only drawback would seem to be that the name
>>> >> of the rpm is the project.artifactId and it is not configurable. This
>>> >> is a great pity. I would have thought it more natural to use the
>>> >> project.build.finalName as the default value of the RPM name, but
>>> >> still have name configurable through the mojo configuration, or maybe
>>> >> I'm just missing something here.
>>> >> Thxs
>>> >> Sandy
>>> >>
>>> >>
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