On Wednesday 03 July 2013 08:03:51 Kahlil Hodgson wrote: > make sure you have rpmdevtools > > yum install rpmdevtools > > then run > > rpmdev-setuptree > > to setup the ~/rpmbuild tree structure > > Hope this helps > > K > > > Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C9A02289 > Head of Technology (m) +61 (0) 4 2573 0382 > DealMax Pty Ltd (w) +61 (0) 3 9008 5281 > > Suite 1415 > 401 Docklands Drive > Docklands VIC 3008 Australia > > "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that > the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, > if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all > means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Peter Wood <peterwood.sd at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On CentOS5 I was used to create a simple spec file where at the end I'll > > declare files and directories I wan't to package: > > > > --< Snip >-- > > %files > > %dir /opt/myapp > > %dir /opt/myapp/bin > > %dir /opt/myapp/etc > > /opt/myapp/bin/exec01 > > /opt/myapp/etc/myapp.conf > > ---- > > > > I'll copy the file in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS and run "rpmbuild -bb > > myapp.spec". > > > > On CentOS6 rpm-build package no longer creates the /usr/src/redhat/... > > directory tree. I followed the CentOS6 Wiki instructions to setup my > > rpmbuild environment for a regular user. > > > > When I try to build the package on CentOS6 I'm getting this error for every > > single file and directory: > > > > File not found: > > /home/peter/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/myapp-5.2-1el6.x86_64/opt/myapp/bin/exec01 > > > > I tried to override buildroot: > > > > rpmbuild -bb --define="buildroot /" myapp.spec > > error: %{buildroot} can not be "/" > > > > As a workaround I can manually create > > /home/peter/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/myapp-5.2-1el6.x86_64/ > > and copy all my file in there but that's a lot of extra work. > > > > Is there a way to get the same functionality on CentOS6 where rpmbuild will > > collect the files from the main / directory and build the rpm package? > > > > Thank you, > > > > -- Peter > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Or you can set the _topdir variable to your liking: cat /home/marcdeop/.rpmmacros %_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild %_smp_mflags -j3