Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of RpmHowToPackagers

Timestamp:

Sep 9, 2011, 2:09:02 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

dmik

Comment:

Change cp -Rdp to cp -dp

RpmHowToPackagers

@@ -128 +128 @@
 }}}
 
-=== Repacking old software ===
-When you create RPM packages for software that you don't build from sources (like some old OS/2 programs that are only available in the binary form), you need to follow a special procedure in order to preserve the sizes and timestamps of the original files (which may be important for their identification in case if someone needs that).
+=== Repacking binary software archives ===
+When you create RPM packages for software that you don't build from sources (like old OS/2 programs or any other software that is only available in the binary form), you need to follow a special procedure in order to preserve the sizes and timestamps of the original files (which may be important for their identification in case if someone needs that).
 
  1. Add the following to the .spec file (somewhere before the %install section):
@@ -138 +138 @@
  2. Use
 {{{
-cp -Rdp <src> <dst>
+cp -dp <src> <dst>
 }}}
-  in the %install section when you copy files from BUILD to BUILDROOT for getting packed by rpmbuild; the naked cp command will kill the original timestamp (the <dst> file will get the current time).
+  in the %install section when you copy files from BUILD to BUILDROOT for getting packed by rpmbuild; the naked cp command will kill the original timestamp (the <dst> file will get the current time). The -p flag causes cp to preserve timestamps and the -d flag preserves symlinks (just in case a file you copy is a LIBC symlink). Another cp flag you may find useful is -R which causes it to copy directories recursively.
 
 === CONFIG.SYS changes ===