Interestingly, i just posted to the list a similar SPEC file. look at the thread on CGI.pm. I've attached my spec file for "fakejava" as well. It was a lot of trial and error to make it work. None of the documentation I could find was for modern versions of RPM, and IIRC the documentation i did find for older versions was incorrect somehow. I think I had to specify a source package, but i didn't have to actually do anything with it. I'm cc'ing the list on this so it makes it into the archives. On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 08:53:06AM -0700, Robert Hanson wrote: > off list greetings! > > would you please share that expertise you just learned with me individually > or with the whole list please? > > that is, if it doesnt take you too long can you detail and share your > creation and how to use it etc that i may learn from it? > > thanks! > > - rh > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf > Of Dan Pritts > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:33 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: Installing Dag's RPMs > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:11:38PM -0700, dan.trainor wrote: > > cryptic nature. I've been doing a LOT of RPM exploration over the past > > few weeks, and found the process of actually creating an RPM to be a > > somewhat cumbersome and at times poorly documented system. I don't want > > Tell it, brother! > > I spent three hours figuring out how to write a spec file to create > an RPM that doesn't do anything other than tell the RPM database > that such and such a capability is installed (some java app didn't > think i have "java" since sun's rpms didn't tell RPM it was there). > > ugh. > > danno > -- > dan pritts - systems administrator - internet2 > 734/352-4953 office 734/834-7224 mobile > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > danno -- dan pritts - systems administrator - internet2 734/352-4953 office 734/834-7224 mobile -------------- next part -------------- %define name fakejava %define version 1.4.2 %define release 1 Vendor: danno Packager: danno Distribution: dannoOS URL: http://www.internet2.edu BuildArchitectures: noarch Summary: A fake package so that rpm thinks we have "java" Name: %{name} Version: %{version} Release: %{release} Group: internet2 Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz BuildRoot: /tmp/%{name}-%{version} License: GPL Provides: java = %{version} Provides: jre = %{version} Provides: jaas = %{version} Provides: jsse = %{version} Provides: j2sdk = %{version} Provides: j2re = %{version} %description A fake package so that rpm thinks we have "java" %prep %setup %build %install %clean #/bin/rm fakejava-install-a-file-for-me %files #%defattr(0755,root,root) #/fakejava-install-a-second-file %pre %post %preun %postun %changelog