On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:29:01 +0100 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:14:15 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > Besides, I have always had the feeling that rpmbuild is too complicated, perhaps needlessly. > > Not really. You just approach the "problem" from the wrong side. > > If you wanted to compile and install the same software from source > *without* using rpmbuild, you would also need to find out which commands > to run to install the built files. Often there's some sort of README that > gives a hint. But if there is none, you need to decide yourself whether to > copy files to your system directories (or whether to execute built files > from within current directory only). I did read the README which says that all that is needed to be done is: make > The complexity that's added by rpmbuild to the %install section of a spec > file is only that you need to install into the %buildroot and not /. Thanks for this! I also implemented the suggestions made by Gordon and here is the spec file (for whoever is interested): ~$ fpaste luksipc.spec Uploading (1.6KiB)... http://ur1.ca/obxst -> http://paste.fedoraproject.org/295935/14489132 Btw, rpmlint gives some warnings: $ rpmlint luksipc-0.04-1.fc23.src.rpm luksipc.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US unencrypted -> encrypted luksipc.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US filesystem -> file system, file-system, systemically luksipc.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US Unmounting -> Mounting, Miscounting, Unstinting luksipc.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US keyring -> keying, key ring, key-ring luksipc.src: W: non-standard-group Applications/Security luksipc.src:1: W: mixed-use-of-spaces-and-tabs (spaces: line 1, tab: line 1) 1 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 6 warnings. What is the correct group to put it into? I made up Applications/Security but clearly that guess is not right:-) Thanks again! Ranjan > -- > 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 -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. Check it out at http://mysecurelogon.com/password-manager -- 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
