Re: Why Redhat and Fedora create rpms differently

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Dne 25. 10. 19 v 16:32 David Cantrell napsal(a):
> On 10/25/19 10:20 AM, Code Zombie wrote:
>> Just trying to get started with packaging. I started with a pretty
>> big app, and looking through tutorials, it seems Fedora and Redhat
>> use different ways to create rpms. I am a bit confused,  seems
>> complicated. Which one will work on Fedora?
>>
>> Some mentioned docs :
>>
>> Fedora:
>> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-rpm-packages/
>>
>> Redhat:
>> https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2019/03/18/rpm-packaging-guide-creating-rpm/
>>
>>
>> I think it would be nice if the example apps were more realistic,
>> e.g. considering dependencies, etc.
>
> There are two main categories of packaging in the world of Fedora and
> Red Hat:
>
> * How we package things included with the distribution
> * How users package things on their systems
>
> The developers.redhat.com article you linked to is aimed at users
> doing the latter.  It is entirely valid and is part of the workflow
> that a lot of admins and developers follow.  But it is not how we
> package things for inclusion in Fedora.


I'd say that one difference also is that there is no mock officially
available on plain RHEL.


Vít



>
> For packages that go in to the distribution, we have the packaging
> policies.  The Fedora packaging policy and guide are the best place to
> start if you are interested in maintaining packages in Fedora or
> adding new packages.
>
> I recommend looking at any of the existing packages in the
> distribution for some examples, all of those can be found on
> src.fedoraproject.org/rpms
>
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