[CentOS] Rebuilding RPMs

Mon Nov 14 17:09:49 UTC 2005
Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com>

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