On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 09:00, Didier Casse wrote: > Dear All, > I am trying to convert some autonconf/automake packages or > libraries to rpms. Well to generate the spec, fitting > the > > ------------- > ./configure > make > make install > ------------- Take a look at the fedora .spec template at http://www.fedora.us/docs/spec.html Now, remember that one doesn't use ./configure in a .spec usually, but rather %configure , that will try to make the make install install it temporary while packaging in non default location, such as /var/tmp/foo-2.4.3-root/ , now when you do an rpmbuild , and if it fails, you can just go to /var/tmp/foo-2.4.3-root/ an look at which files it installed. > is straightforward! But the autoconf packages install lots of files around > the system. > > So the problem lies in dealing with the part: > > %files > %defattr(-,root,root) > %{_bindir}/ Never do the above , it will make the package own the bindir (usr/bin), you don't want that. use %{_bindir}/* > %{_libdir}/lib* > %doc AUTHORS > %doc COPYING > %doc README > > > where we have to specify all the files that have been installed. Since the > autoconf/automake packages have not been made by me, I do not know which > files are being installed and I have to do everytime a "make install" to > watch which files are being installed! A good packager must know every file of a package ! > Now is there a way to convert all these autoconf/automake packages > directly to rpms or is there a systematic/automated system to know which > files are being installed and fit directly in the specs? See above. > Now bear in mind that there are several of these packages and it would be > tedious compiling and looking at one by one to know which files is being > installed and the name of the files and location can change anytime. These > packages weren't created by me so I have no control over them! Thanks for > any kind help. You really only need to know each directory it places files in, and which directories the package should own. >
