Paul Johnson wrote, on 10. apr 2007 06:54:
[...]
$ cat /etc/rpm/platform
i686-redhat-linux
Maybe that's wrong? Should anaconda have put "i686-linux" instead?
Nope, read on ;)
I see what you mean about the default settings in
/usr/lib/rpm/macros. That has the "wrong thing" that is giving me bad
RPMs:
%_sysconfdir %{_prefix}/etc
In this file:
/usr/lib/rpm/i686-linux/macros,
I find the "right" thing
%_sysconfdir /etc
Same for
/usr/lib/rpm/i386-linux/macros
%_sysconfdir /etc
Is the "mistake" that my /etc/rpm/platform file has the word "redhat",
so it does not match exactly the name of the subdirectory in
/usr/lib/rpm ?
I have very recently upgraded (and I do mean upgraded, since streaming
audio and video is the be-all and end-all for my home rig) my own PC
from RHAS4 to FC6, first with the download DVD ISO, then with the
immediate update (279 updates -> 475 rpms) that yum nagged about.
I have exactly the same as you report, for all the rpm configuration
stuff, apart from my rig being an Athlon thing, not i686. 32 bit.
1: I had a lot of self-written specs and 3rd-party stuff that had to be
rebuilt and *all* of it gets %_sysconfdir right, i.e. /etc.
2: On the other hand, I'm having a hell of a problem with builds (most
do) that make "-Wall" Makefiles; they spout out so much rubbish with rpm
4.4.2 that I honestly can't see the grain for the chaff. Especially with
Simon J. Mudd's Postfix spec. I've been fighting to find a way of
overriding the authors' "configure.in" stuff with a macro: much
Googleing and much grepping in the FC6 rpm dirs, without success to date.
So.
Are you sure that the redefinition of %_sysconfdir isn't happening in
the package you're building?
As I wrote, I have no problem at all, in any build on FC6, with
%_sysconfdir - it always equates to /etc. But I have a real problem
overriding authors' CFLAGS (and LDFLAGS and whatever. Maybe your problem
is with 'configure.in'.
Lastly, remember that there are (hundreds of?, millions of?) thousands
of FC6 downloaders/installers who've had no problems at all.
Best,
--Tonni
--
Tony Earnshaw
Email: tonni at hetnet dot nl
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