> I'm just starting with RPM packaging. I've been reading around a lot and > everyone recommends learning from working spec files of other projects. > I've also read comments about how it is not uncommon to find 'bad rpm > practices' in some of these. > Right now I'm checking out spec files at random from JPackage (I have to > package a java app). > > Do any of you have suggestions on what freely-available spec files are > worth checking out for a newcomer? The most valuable for me would be > those that illustrate how to do key elements of packaging 'the right > way'. Right now I'm particularly interested in how to list files and > what logic (not)to put in the %pre, %post, %preun, and %postun scripts, > but I'm sure other things will come up soon enough. > > I'd highly appreciate any suggestions; even more so if you could also > mention why you deem those spec files to be important or which aspects > of them are relevant in particular. > I strongly recommend checking out a few documents: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Java https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/JPackagePolicy https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingTricks https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/FrequentlyMadeMistakes You might check out this one for Java, but they is just a draft and I haven't checked it out: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/JavaPackageNaming Another one that is very good to read is the presentation that Tom Callaway gives at the RH Summit. http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2008/downloads/pdf/Wednesday_130pm_Tom_Callaway_OSS.pdf -greg _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
