Hi, Thank you for your response! > > I am trying to make a rpm out of the following application: > > > > https://github.com/apandada1/typhoon > > > > but my spec file, created from looking at the batti.spec file looks > > for a desktop file, rather than a desktop.in file. What I don't > > understand is where it figures out how to look for a desktop file. > > Any suggestions/help? I don't have a lot of experience with rpmbuild > > and spec files. > > > > Here is the spec file: > > > > $ fpaste typhoon.spec > > Uploading (1.4KiB)... > > http://ur1.ca/n4lhh -> http://paste.fedoraproject.org/244462/14369268 > > > > And here is the error that I am getting: > > > > $rpmbuild -bb typhoon.spec > > > -> /home/maitra/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/typhoon-0.8.9.4-1.fc22.x86_64/usr/share/doc/typhoon > > running install_egg_info > > Writing /home/maitra/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/typhoon-0.8.9.4-1.fc22.x86_64/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/typhoon-0.8.94-py2.7.egg-info > > ("ERROR: Can't find", > > '/home/maitra/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/typhoon-0.8.9.4-1.fc22.x86_64/usr/share/applications/typhoon.desktop') > > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.X1IL6J (%install) > > > > > > RPM build errors: > > Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.X1IL6J (%install) > > Someone more knowledgeable will probably offer better advice. But > here's my take. If you look in the files section of the spec file, you > find the egg.info file listed. And rpmbuild is obviously looking for > the files listed in there. Go to the BUILD directory, and look inside > that file to see what it wants. So, from what I understood from your suggestions, I should look at: /home/maitra/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/typhoon-0.8.9.4-1.fc22.x86_64/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/typhoon-0.8.94-py2.7.egg-info So, that is what I did but I can not see what the files are that it wants. (I still can not see the desktop stuff.) $ more typhoon-0.8.94-py2.7.egg-info Metadata-Version: 1.1 Name: typhoon Version: 0.8.94 Summary: Quickly check the weather with this beautiful application Home-page: https://launchpad.net/typhoon Author: Archisman Panigrahi Author-email: apandada1@xxxxxxxxx License: GPL-3 Description: Typhoon is a free and open source weather application. It is contin uation of discontinued Stormcloud 1.1 ,however with some changes. It is and alwa ys will be free. PPA: https://launchpad.net/~apandada1/+archive/typhoon/ Homepage: http://gettyphoon.tk/ Platform: UNKNOWN Requires: gi.repository.GObject Requires: gi.repository.Gio Requires: gi.repository.Gtk Requires: gi.repository.Unity Requires: gi.repository.WebKit Provides: typhoon Provides: typhoon_lib Where is any mention to desktop? > You can then put shell commands in the spec file to create dummy files > where they are expected using something like touch. Or you can patch > the source to create them with real information, from a currently > running version, for example. That will allow rpmbuild to find the files > it wants, and create the rpms. I guess it might be helpful to know the difference between a desktop and a desktop.in file. Could someone please tell me about this difference? Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
