On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:52:47 +0800 (SGT), Didier Casse wrote: > 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! What Nils tried to point out but could have emphasized much more is that you should install into a buildroot and then can examine the buildroot's contents for all files which were installed. Additionally, you could use "find" on the buildroot, create a list of files automatically and include that list in the %files section as %files -f files.list instead of listing lots of files/directories manually. The important part, however, is to install into a temporary buildroot, so you don't need to monitor "make install" (as you wrote earlier).
