I had similar issues with not needing a build and was wondering how this really work. Fortunately someone gave me a clue to the structure and I was able to get my thing to work. Since it was cool after understanding it, I decided to post a web page on how I constructed my rpm with out a "%build". Of course my company wants a little promotion so I can use their web site, but I think this will answer your question and show you how simple it really is to make one without a build. The diagrams are the secret. Any comments are welcome. http://www.logiqwest.com/dataCenter/TechnicalPapers/rpmScriptInstall.html Hope it helps Greg_Swift at aotx.uscourts.gov wrote: >> Hi group, >> >> I'm beating my head agains a rock here. I have a package I want to >> create on a RH9 box using rpmbuild. The package contains an executable, >> some libs and a coupld of documents, kinda like this... >> >> /usr/bin/binary >> /usr/lib/lib1.so.1.1.1 >> /usr/lib/lib2.so.2.2.2 >> /usr/lib/lib3.so.3.3.3 >> /usr/share/man/man1/binary.1.gz >> /usr/doc/documents/doc1.txt >> /usr/doc/documents/doc2.txt >> >> I'm not making rpm do the source code build. I'm just supplying the >> files in a subfolder "package-4.4.4" and letting rpmbuild make the >> binary package from the resulting .tar.gz file of this collection of >> files. >> >> I started slow and make the first RPM build with only the binary. I then >> added the man page and documents. >> >> The libraries are giving me a problem. >> >> rpmbuild -bb -vv gives me the following error: >> >> Requires: /sbin/ldconfig libc.so.6 libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) >> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) >> libdl.so.2 libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) libgcc_s.so.1 >> libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0) libm.so.6 libpthread.so.0 >> libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) libstdc++.so.5 libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) >> libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) >> Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files %{buildroot} >> D: execv(/usr/lib/rpm/check-files) pid 25143 >> getOutputFrom(): Broken pipe >> make: *** [shared-rpm] Error 1 >> > > you really should search google and/or the archives. > > Found this in thread of first result for "rpmbuild getOutputFrom": > > http://osdir.com/ml/linux.redhat.rpm.general/2002-10/msg00342.html > > >> Also, the rpmbuild procedure seems to copy the files to their destinaion >> folders during the build process (e.g. "binary" actually ends up in the >> /usr/bin folder on the build machine when I run "rpmbuild -vv -bb"). >> >> Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong here? >> > > Try reading through the previous thread entitled "How do I install an > entire directory under /var with rpm" > > good luck. > > -greg > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list at lists.rpm.org > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Michael Barto* Software Architect LogiQwest Circle LogiQwest Inc. 16458 Bolsa Chica Street, # 15 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 http://www.logiqwest.com/ mbarto at logiqwest.com <mailto:mbarto at logiqwest.com> Tel: 714 377 3705 Fax: 714 840 3937 Cell: 714 883 1949 *'tis a gift to be simple* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail may contain LogiQwest proprietary information and should be treated as confidential. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-list/attachments/20081108/c4bd77a8/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: circle.gif Type: image/gif Size: 651 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-list/attachments/20081108/c4bd77a8/attachment.gif
