Changes between Version 26 and Version 27 of RpmHowToPackagers


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Oct 4, 2011, 5:14:43 PM (12 years ago)
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dmik
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    1717Also, there is a Fedora [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html-single/RPM_Guide/ RPM Guide] that may be used as an RPM reference documentation.
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    19 Instead of writing a .spec file from scratch, you can get an existing one: a good source for them is the [http://www.rpmfind.net RPM find service]. Enter the name of your package, and choose a distribution. Usually packages for Fedora or OpenSUSE 11.3 are good. Select your package from the left link, you will get a page with all details; one of them is the .src.rpm package, it contains the spec file, platform specific patches, package sources (in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz format). Use  unrpm.cmd (check bootstrap directory) to extract all files to a temporary location.
     19Instead of writing a .spec file from scratch, you can get an existing one: a good source for them is the RPM find service like [http://rpm.pbone.net/ rpm.pbone.net] or [http://www.rpmfind.net www.rpmfind.net]. Enter the name of your package, and choose a distribution. Usually packages for Fedora or OpenSUSE 11.3 are good. Select your package from the left link, you will get a page with all details; one of them is the .src.rpm package, it contains the spec file, platform specific patches, package sources (in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz format). Use  unrpm.cmd (check bootstrap directory) to extract all files to a temporary location.
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    2121RPM packages are created from .spec files using the ''rpmbuild'' command. The first time you try to build a package (see '''Building package''' below), rpmbuild will create a set of directories in your %HOME% directory that it uses for the package generation process: