[CentOS] Rebuilding RPMs
Bowie Bailey
Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com
Mon Nov 14 17:09:49 UTC 2005
From: Karanbir Singh [mailto:Mail-Lists at karan.org]
>
> Bowie Bailey wrote:
> > I am trying to install the Cluster RPMS from rpm.karan.org. But
> > since I have updated my kernel with yum, I have the wrong kernel
> > for a couple of the packages.
> >
> > # rpm -i --test cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-36.0.i686.rpm
> > error: Failed dependencies:
> > /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.ELsmp is needed by
> > cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-36.0.i686
> > kernel-smp = 2.6.9-11.EL is needed by
> > cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-36.0.i686
> > # uname -a
> > Linux bnofdnbackup.buc.com 2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Oct 27 13:14:25
CDT
> > 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> >
> > I think I can just grab the source RPM and do a rebuild, but
> > having never attempted that before, I just want to make sure I'm
> > not missing anything. (I have built RPMs from source tarballs, so
> > I know how to setup the build environment)
> >
> > It looks like I can just do this:
> >
> > # rpmbuild --rebuild cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.src.rpm
> >
> > Is there anything else I need to do?
> >
>
> Just simple rebuilds will work, you might need to work out what order
> they are built in - and some pkgs like the cman-kernel need a
> specified
> --target i686 passed in via the rpmbuild.
Hmmm...no luck there. It still wants the older kernel.
Do I need the buildcentos user and group?
What is "fake-build-provides" and where can I get it?
$ rpmbuild --rebuild --target=i686 cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.src.rpm
Installing cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.src.rpm
warning: user buildcentos does not exist - using root
warning: group buildcentos does not exist - using root
warning: user buildcentos does not exist - using root
warning: group buildcentos does not exist - using root
Building target platforms: i686
Building for target i686
error: Failed build dependencies:
kernel-smp = 2.6.9-11.EL is needed by
cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.i686
kernel-hugemem = 2.6.9-11.EL is needed by
cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.i686
kernel-devel = 2.6.9-11.EL is needed by
cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.i686
kernel-smp-devel = 2.6.9-11.EL is needed by
cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.i686
kernel-hugemem-devel = 2.6.9-11.EL is needed by
cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.i686
fake-build-provides is needed by cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.i686
Bowie
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