Hi Stevo! Thank you very much for answering my questions, that was very herlpful!! Our administrator found out, which packages must be installed. I will force him to tell me, which packages must be installed to get it to work. I'll post it here... there is no blog yet.
-Danny Schimke 2009/7/3 Stevo Slavić <[email protected]> > Here <http://linux.about.com/cs/linux101/g/noarch.htm> is the noarch > explanation and > here<http://mojo.codehaus.org/rpm-maven-plugin/rpm-mojo.html#distribution > >are > the docs for the distribution. > > Its good to know that it is feasible to build a rpm on windows. Did you > document whole cygwin and packages setup? Any chance of blogging about it > or > posting more details on the process here? > > Regards, > Stevo. > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Danny Schimke <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I added the copyright- and distribution- tags to the configuration of the > > plugin and it worked. The missing copyright- tag was the reason for the > > error. The plugin created the RPM file under > > "RpmProject/target/rpm/RPMS/noarch" and named it > > "myrpmexampleRPM-1.0-SNAPSHOT20090703094450.noarch.rpm". > > > > Now I have questions: > > - What means the "noarch" in the filename? > > - What for is the distribution- tag used for? > > > > Thanks! > > -Danny Schimke > > > > > > 2009/7/3 Danny Schimke <[email protected]> > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > We tried using cygwin, but this was a pain. We had to install many > other > > > packages beside the rpmpackage, which are not delivered with cygwin by > > > default, to get it to work. The aim is, to make it possible for a > > developer > > > to create a RPM package without these difficult steps. We have agreed > to > > > build the RPM package on a unix system and using profiles do differ the > > > operating system for building the package only under unix. > > > > > > I tried to build the RPM using the following POM: > > > > > > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; xmlns:xsi=" > > > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 > > > http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd";> > > > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > > > <groupId>com.incowia.rpmexample</groupId> > > > <artifactId>RpmProject</artifactId> > > > <packaging>jar</packaging> > > > <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> > > > <name>RpmProject</name> > > > <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> > > > <dependencies> > > > <dependency> > > > <groupId>junit</groupId> > > > <artifactId>junit</artifactId> > > > <version>3.8.1</version> > > > <scope>test</scope> > > > </dependency> > > > </dependencies> > > > <profiles> > > > <profile> > > > <id>linux</id> > > > <activation> > > > <os> > > > <family>unix</family> > > > </os> > > > </activation> > > > <build> > > > <plugins> > > > <plugin> > > > <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> > > > <artifactId>rpm-maven-plugin</artifactId> > > > <version>2.0-beta-2</version> > > > <executions> > > > <execution> > > > <goals> > > > <goal>attached-rpm</goal> > > > </goals> > > > </execution> > > > </executions> > > > <configuration> > > > <group>com.incowia.rpmexample</group> > > > <mappings> > > > <mapping> > > > <directory>/temp</directory> > > > </mapping> > > > </mappings> > > > <name>myrpmexampleRPM</name> > > > </configuration> > > > </plugin> > > > </plugins> > > > </build> > > > </profile> > > > </profiles> > > > </project> > > > > > > [INFO] [jar:jar] > > > [INFO] [rpm:attached-rpm {execution: default}] > > > [WARNING] Version string truncated to 1.0 > > > [INFO] Creating spec file > > > /home/incowia/projects/RpmProject/target/rpm/SPECS/myrpmexampleRPM.spec > > > [WARNING] error: License field must be present in package: (main > package) > > > [INFO] Building target platforms: noarch > > > [INFO] Building for target noarch > > > [INFO] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > > > [INFO] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > [INFO] *RPM build execution returned: '1' executing '/bin/sh -c cd > > > /home/incowia/projects/RpmProject/target/rpm/SPECS && rpmbuild -bb > > > --buildroot /home/incowia/projects/RpmProject/target/rpm/buildroot > > --define > > > '_topdir /home/incowia/projects/RpmProject/target/rpm' --target noarch > > > myrpmexampleRPM.spec'* > > > > > > > > > The following Filesstructure is created under "RpmProject/target/rpm": > > > > > > BUILD (empty) > > > + buildroot > > > temp (empty) > > > RPMS (empty) > > > SOURCES (empty) > > > + SPECS > > > *myrpmexampleRPM.spec* > > > SRPMS (empty) > > > > > > > > > The *myrpmexampleRPM.spec *file contains the following: > > > > > > Name: myrpmexampleRPM > > > Version: 1.0 > > > Release: SNAPSHOT20090703092244 > > > Summary: RpmProject > > > Group: com.incowia.rpmexample > > > BuildRoot: /home/incowia/projects/RpmProject/target/rpm/buildroot > > > %description > > > %files > > > %dir /temp > > > > > > Maybe I forgot a important POM- configuration or anything else!? > > > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > -Danny Schimke > > > > > > > > > 2009/6/22 Todd Thiessen <[email protected]> > > > > > >> Thanks. This seems to be exactly what the rpm-maven-plugin does. I was > > >> > > >> just a little confused that there seems to be 2 plugins. I suspect > that > > >> the maven-rpm-plugin is the core mavenization of the rpm-maven-plugin, > > >> although the move to the core plugins seems to have been left in a > > >> somewhat unfinished state as I don't see any site documentation for > the > > >> maven-rpm-plugin. Because of this lack of documentation, we went with > > >> the codehaus version. > > >> > > >> If you could provide any other clarity as to any differences betweenn > > >> the two plugins, other than the one I stated above, that would be very > > >> much appreciated. > > >> > > >> And I'll pass on the invite to build rpmbuild from source ;-). Cygwin > > >> definately has it available. > > >> > > >> Thanks. > > >> > > >> --- > > >> Todd Thiessen > > >> > > >> > //rpm:rpm calls the rpmbuild to package the rpm here is an example > > >> > > > >> > $ mvn -e rpm:rpm > > >> > [INFO] RPM build execution returned: '1' executing 'cmd.exe > > >> > /X /C "rpmbuild -bb --buildroot > > >> > $MAVEN_BUILD\maven-plugins\sample\target\rpm\buildroot --define " > > >> > _topdir f:\maven-plugin\maven-plugins\sample\target\rpm" > > >> > --target noarch landfil l.spec"' > > >> > > > >> > if you feel brave enough to tackle building rpmbuild for your > > >> > rpmbuild there are some sources avail here > > >> > http://www.mhonarc.org/release/MHonArc/snapshot/ > > >> > dev.mk is the makefile you want to start with > > >> > > > >> > i have'nt seen any cygwin specific rpmbuild implementations > > >> > but you can ping the folks at cygwin http://cygwin.com > > >> > > > >> > Let us know, > > >> > Martin > > >> > > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Danny Schimke > > > IT- Consultant > > > > > > incowia GmbH > > > > > > Albert-Einstein-Straße 3 > > > D-98693 Ilmenau > > > www.incowia.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Danny Schimke > > IT- Consultant > > > > incowia GmbH > > > > Albert-Einstein-Straße 3 > > D-98693 Ilmenau > > www.incowia.com > > > -- Danny Schimke IT- Consultant incowia GmbH Albert-Einstein-Straße 3 D-98693 Ilmenau www.incowia.com
