On 16/06/04, at 09:08 +0200, Nils O. Selåsdal <NOS@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. It was just an example. I already know the spec template for packaging! So i know the proper steps. I'm only seeking for a way to place these files automatically! > > 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 > > Just an example... Please do not take it literally. I packaged rpms before so I know what you're telling me! > > > > 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 ! Yeah if it's my own package. But unfortunately it's somebody's else package so I don't know every files and it keeps changing and sometimes the directories change too! > > 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. > You really only need to know each directory it places files in, and > which directories the package should own. Yeps but the package install in several directories too! Thanks for the reply though. With kind regards, Didier. --- PhD student. Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603 Email: didierbe at sps dot nus dot edu dot sg Web: http://ssls.nus.edu.sg
