On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 1:39 AM Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Newer revisions of rpmbuild are throwing warnings about the current
> kernel.spec template having an unversioned kernel-headers in the
> 'Obsoletes:' field and not being able to source the epoch's date from
> the spec's missing '%changelog' section:
>
> $ make srcrpm-pkg
> UPD include/config/kernel.release
> GEN rpmbuild/SPECS/kernel.spec
> UPD .tmp_HEAD
> ARCHIVE linux.tar.gz
> rpmbuild -bs rpmbuild/SPECS/kernel.spec --define='_topdir /mnt/nfs/work/kernel/linux/rpmbuild'
> warning: line 34: It's not recommended to have unversioned Obsoletes: Obsoletes: kernel-headers
> warning: source_date_epoch_from_changelog set but %changelog is missing
> Wrote: /mnt/nfs/work/kernel/linux/rpmbuild/SRPMS/kernel-6.10.0_rc3-1.src.rpm
>
> RPM build warnings:
> line 34: It's not recommended to have unversioned Obsoletes: Obsoletes: kernel-headers
> source_date_epoch_from_changelog set but %changelog is missing
>
> This patch addresses both RPM build warnings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/package/kernel.spec | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/package/kernel.spec b/scripts/package/kernel.spec
> index e095eb1e290e..4d58b29c03ad 100644
> --- a/scripts/package/kernel.spec
> +++ b/scripts/package/kernel.spec
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> +%global source_date_epoch_from_changelog 0
>
Another possibility might be to add %changelog section.
In Debian packaging, debian/changelog is a requirement.
scripts/package/mkdebian generates a very small
debian/changelog with a single log entry.
> # _arch is undefined if /usr/lib/rpm/platform/*/macros was not included.
> %{!?_arch: %define _arch dummy}
> %{!?make: %define make make}
> @@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself
> %package headers
> Summary: Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc
> Group: Development/System
> -Obsoletes: kernel-headers
> +Obsoletes: kernel-headers < %{version}
No objection to this fix.
> Provides: kernel-headers = %{version}
> %description headers
> Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface
> --
> 2.45.1
>
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
