On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, pjwelsh wrote: > On 01/13/2009 03:48 PM, R P Herrold wrote: >> >> 1. Don't >> >> 2. Package it > Option 3: *HOPE/PRAY* epel, rpmforge, DAG or rpmfusion has it (or a src.rpm) > > I dread, almost more than anything, trying to figure out how to get some > perl modules packaged! tee hee -- it is easy; here is a cheat sheet. Generally speaking, perl packaging, manually, is essentially the following process: 1. get the upstream CPAN tarball locally; set up a README file [panel 3] to hold md5sums encountered and expected 2. cp CPAN-tarball.tgz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ -- is the md5sum trusted? 3. cp perl-template.spec \ perl-Whatever-Form.spec 4. in panel 1, edit: perl-Whatever-Form.spec to taste 5. in panel 2, run: perl-rpmbuild.sh -ba perl-Whatever-Form.spec and watch for missing BR warnings, etc 6. update a README in panel 3 as needed 7. when hit, see if the missing BR is packaged by a reliable upstream 7a. [ -e reliable ] use it 7b. [ ! -e reliable ] note the need in README notes [panel 3], push working on perl-Whatever-Form.spec, and recurse call to 1. for the new missing BR -- use the README cursor as a stack pointer, and roadmap to the solution order; drill in BR in panel 1 as found 8. at some point, we will be happy with the '-ba' build; cross check by a cp of the SRPM to CWD in panel 2, and 9. perl-rpmbuild.sh --rebuild SRPM in panel 2 10. if happy, note in README, and adjust cursor to next target 11. if happy, install binary product, and look for missing runtine Req's 12. follow a plan similar to 7, infra to solve; drill in Req's in panel 1 as found 13. at some point, all will be happy, README will be comprehensive and informative, and no CPAN was needed except to supply tarballs 14. panel 4 contains the local 'srcfind ' Oracle query tool, which I mention in #centos, to query reliable SRPM archives I should write this up someday ;) Note: the purpose of a WindowManager is to get enough xterms in a songle panel that keyboard shortcuts work well, and I don't need to touch a mouse ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/bugzilla/ was essentially done this way ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/bugzilla/rpmbuild-perl.sh became: perl-rpmbuild.sh so that I could: rpmbuild, and (uparrow) ^a perl- CR in panel two, after the first time I stack the four panels of course so I can kdb nav between them; it becomes essential mechanical to grind out a solution. -- Russ herrold
