Jonathan Chen wrote:
> This is what I am trying to do for creating an rpm file...
>
> 1) Get the abc.tar.gz
> 2) Extract abc.tar.gz into the dir I want the precompiled copy to be at.
> 3) Run postinstall scripts.
>
> I believe the %prep or %build part is not needed. But for some reason,
> I just can't get the rpm to be created.
>
> Can anyone give me a link where I can read a how to for my scenario?
> Most ones on the net are for compiling and it does not apply to my
> problem. Thanks!
You are right that you don't need a %build script. But the %prep is
still useful to unpacking the tar file. I would still use it.
In your %install just copy the files to your BuildRoot. Then use
%files normally. I will show a simple concept example at the end of
this message.
Bob
Summary: simple a example of binary blob rpm packaging
Name: mybinaryblob
Version: 1.1
Release: 1
Copyright: GPL
Packager: Your Name <your@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-build
Source: binaryblob.tar.gz
%description
A simple example of rpm packaging of a binary blob.
%prep
%setup -q
%install
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/binaryblob $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/
cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/myblob.README README
cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/myblob.COPYING COPYING
%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%files
%defattr(-,root,root)
%doc README COPYING
%{_bindir}/binaryblob
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