On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 11:06:18 +0100, arnaud gaboury wrote:
> >> doubt is how deep I shall go in lisiting
> >> direcrories/subdirectories/files.
> >> What I would do is this:
> >>
> >> %files
> >>
> >> %{_libdir}/%{name}/bin/pandoc/ <--- dir
> >> %{_libdir}/%{name}/bin/postback/ <---- dir
> >> %{_libdir}/%{name}/bin/r-ldpath <----- file
> >> %{_libdir}/%{name}/bin/rpostback <---- file
> >
> > ERRATA:
> >>
> >> %{_libdir}%{name}/bin/pandoc/ <--- dir
> >> %{_libdir}%{name}/bin/postback/ <---- dir
> >> %{_libdir}%{name}/bin/r-ldpath <----- file
> >> %{_libdir}%{name}/bin/rpostback <---- file
> >>
> >> etc with all files
> In fact, I just did this and it build fine:
>
> %files
> %defattr(-, root, root, -)
> %{_libdir}/%{name}/*
> %{_localstatedir}/*
> %{_sysconfdir}/*
More correct would be
%files
%{_libdir}/%{name}/
%{_localstatedir}/*
%{_sysconfdir}/*
to include also %{_libdir}/%{name} and not only its contents. The trailing slash
on the path name is purely cosmetic, however:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:UnownedDirectories
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#File_and_Directory_Ownership
> When looking at various spec files from Fedora repo, I can't see such
> method.
Then you've looked at the wrong spec files. Not all are good examples.
> Most spec files contain a very long list of files. Why? Is
> there any reason not to use /* ?
It depends. Explicitly including individual files requires the buildroot
to contain exactly the specified file. That can serve as a guard against
incomplete builds. Else, extra file existance checks in %install or %check
would be needed for similar protection. On the contrary, including entire
directory trees can lead to including too many files in the wrong
sub-packages or including added contents accidentally.
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