On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:12:14 -0700 (PDT), KA (Kamal) wrote: > 3. One which platform did you do this build attempt? > CentOs 32 bit 5.8 The you need to adjust your spec file %install section as I explained in my previous reply. You can read it here, too: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies#Prepping_BuildRoot_For_.25install > Since that IS the target platform, and as far as i understand rpmbuild has to run ON the target platform. > Not enough info to conclude whether you misunderstand something. > 4. i made some progress.. > > here is an updated pcore.spec > BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release} Kindly pay attention to what I've written before, please. I've pointed out that this "BuildRoot" tag specifies the path you are interest in. Now: > %install > mkdir -p %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release} > mkdir -p %{name} > mkdir -p %{_bindir} > install -d %{name} You here want to use $RPM_BUILD_ROOT or %buildroot as explained earlier. It is not helpful, if you go on with your own strange experiments instead of following advice. %install rm -rf %{buildroot} mkdir -p %{buildroot} # and then continue to create files in that buildroot # for example: mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir} > %files > %defattr(-,root,root) > %doc NEWS > > and i WAS able to get an rpm build with NEWS in the folder > /usr/share/doc/pcore-0.1/NEWS That is something entirely different. The %doc statement as you use it here for the NEWS file, copies the specified file from the builddir into the buildroot's default docdir. That has nothing to do with your %install section _except_ that the buildroot directory must exist (which is why you need to create it for CentOS 5.8). > Now i want to copy /pcore/obj/ggsnc/ggsnc to /usr/bin/ > How? cp -p your LOCALPATH/TO/THE/FILE %{buildroot}%{_bindir} where the local path refers to a file within the builddir. > I have NO idea Don't rush. Read replies more slowly and comment on specific quotes instead of quoting everything at the bottom. -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
