[CentOS] Trying to rebuild srpm from fedora....

Clint Dilks clintd at scms.waikato.ac.nz
Mon Feb 1 22:41:33 UTC 2010


Tom Bishop wrote:
> Here is the section of the spec file:
>
> %{_bindir}/%{name}
> %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
> %{_datadir}/%{name}
> %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}*
> %{_datadir}/pixmaps/
> %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/%{name}.*
>
>
> it appears to be coverd...
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Clint Dilks <clintd at scms.waikato.ac.nz 
> <mailto:clintd at scms.waikato.ac.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Tom Bishop wrote:
>     > Thanks, that is very usefull and I have followed although I am still
>     > coming up with an error when I do a rpmbuild -ba xxx.spec
>     >
>     > error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
>     >    /usr/share/applications/centos5-shutter.desktop
>     >
>     >
>     > RPM build errors:
>     >     File not found:
>     >
>     /var/tmp/shutter-0.85.1-1-root-itsupport/usr/share/applications/shutter.desktop
>     >     Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
>     >    /usr/share/applications/centos5-shutter.desktop
>     >
>     >
>     > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com
>     <mailto:amyagi at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:amyagi at gmail.com <mailto:amyagi at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Tom Bishop
>     <bishoptf at gmail.com <mailto:bishoptf at gmail.com>
>     >     <mailto:bishoptf at gmail.com <mailto:bishoptf at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >     > Thanks for the tips so I have gotten mock installed but
>     for the
>     >     life of me I
>     >     > can't figure out how to install the srpm, edit the spec
>     file and
>     >     then
>     >     > re-build.  I have seen an example that installs and then I can
>     >     edit via mock
>     >     > shell, but when I do a rpmbuild -ba or -bb it says its
>     misssing
>     >     the .tar
>     >     > files....any help or pointing in the right direction would be
>     >     appreciated.
>     >     >  I know what I need to do to the spec file just not sure
>     how to
>     >     achieve
>     >     > it...thanks.
>     >
>     >     This CentOS wiki will help you:
>     >
>     >     http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/RebuildSRPM
>     >
>     >     Akemi
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>     Hi
>
>     This means that the build process has found a file that is not covered
>     by the files section of you spec file.  If you are sure this is a
>     legitimate file then simply add
>     /usr/share/applications/centos5-shutter.desktop under the files
>     section.
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Then I would suggest adding some echos  to spec file that show the values of
%{_datadir} and %{name} to make sure the values they return match
/usr/share/applications/centos5-shutter.desktop



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