I've run into the following problem: I want to change the normal /usr/src/redhat path to something else (we are maintaining a distribution which is based on the Fedora 1). Installing the rpm src-package, untarring the tar.gz and making two source-trees on which the other is the changed and from these we make a patch-file which we add to a modified spec-file. This, I believe, is the proper way to make a modified RPM-package. Now our changes touch several .in-files as well and what we observed was that the buildsystem behaves differentially when these files becomes touched. The result was in effect that no .so-files were created which caused a failure in a later stage. As I mentioned we operate on a FC1 based system, but I did try the following also on a 'pure' FC1 as well as FC3 installation: 1. Install the rpm src-package 2. Unpack the tar.bz 3. Use the touch-command on any of the .in-files 4. Repack the source-dir to tar.bz2 (I just did this to keep the original around) 5. Change the Source-line in the spec-file to point to the tar.bz2 6. Run rpmbuild -ba rpm.spec The result was the same. No .so which caused the build to fail at a later point. We then tried another aproach (on the modified FC1): 1. Unpack the tar.gz 2. make all the necessary changes so that all paths point to our build directory instead of usr/src/redhat 3. Run './autogen.sh --noconfigure' as the INSTALL file suggests 4. Repackage the sourcedir as rpm-4.2.1.tar.bz2 5. Run rpmbuild -ba rpm.spec (which now points to the tar.bz2 on the Source:-line) This fails on a different case, where the ld complains: libtool: link: `mut_pthread.lo' is not a valid libtool object Has anybody else come over this problem and if so found a fix for this? We currently only patch the configure-file, but this creates a package where part of the program believes the buildtree to be in /usr/src/redhat while other uses the modified path (from the configure). TIA Poltsi -- Paul-Erik Törrönen, Cardinal Information Systems Ltd. Pursimiehenkatu 29-31 C 00150 Helsinki, Finland Mobile: +358 (0)40 703 1231 Phone: +358 (0)424 792 204 Fax: +358 (0)424 792 207 http://www.cardinal.fi/ _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
