> I have found countless examples and howto's on how to make packages but
> I am having difficulties creating a package that simply contains a few
> files that installs into a few different places. Does anyone have an
> example of how i might do this? ie: What would the spec file be for
> example just files such as /etc/abc /usr/bin/xyz in a simple tar file.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Jacob
>
> (I am trying to make a simple rpm for essentially personal use, my boss
> wants to be able to install some files on a server without knowing
> anything except typing 'su' then 'rpm -i blah')
>
>
>
My demo I show developers ..
Summary: A demo for rpmbuild testing
Name: demo
Version: 1
Release: 1
Source0: %{name}.tar.gz
License: GPL
Group: Development/Examples
BuildRoot: /tmp/%{name}
%description
Using HelloWorld.c to demonstrate how rpms are built and managed
%setup -n %{name}
%build
make
%install
make install
%files
%defattr(-,root,root)
/tmp/demo
If you want to deliver tarballs, that was answered a few days ago by Dario
Alcocer <alcocer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
"
%install
tar xzCf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/mydir $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/mytarball.tgz
The contents of $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/mydir need to be listed in %files as well.
"
So your source tar passed to rpmbuild would include another tarball in it,
which would have /etc/abc /usr/bin/xyz
.
So it would look like
Summary: A demo for rpmbuild testing with a tarball.
Name: demo
Version: 1
Release: 1
Source0: %{name}.tar.gz
License: GPL
Group: Development/Examples
BuildRoot: /tmp/%{name}
%description
Tar ball dump example
%setup -n %{name}
%build
%install
tar xzCf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/mydir $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/mytarball.tgz
%files
%defattr(-,root,root)
/etc/abc
/usr/bin/xyz
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