On Thu, 30 Dec 2010, Tim Born wrote: > Find an example spec file to modify. That will give you a big leg up > the learning curve. Here is my spec for installing "off-distro" versions of firefox (for testing web apps with different browser versions). Notice that the %build step is a no-op. # $Id$ # Authority: gathman # Dist: nodist Summary: Mozilla Firefox Web browser. Name: firefox35 Version: 3.5.2 Release: 1 License: MPL/LGPL Group: Applications/Internet URL: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/ Packager: Stuart Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> Vendor: Mozilla Source: firefox-%{version}.tar.bz2 Source1: mozilla-firefox.desktop NoSource: 0 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root ExclusiveArch: i386 %description Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. %prep %build %install %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot} mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/share/applications mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/lib/mozilla mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/bin cd %{buildroot}/usr/lib tar xfj %{SOURCE0} mv firefox/plugins %{buildroot}/usr/lib/mozilla ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins %{buildroot}/usr/lib/firefox mv firefox firefox-%{version} ln -sf /usr/lib/firefox-%{version}/firefox %{buildroot}/usr/bin/firefox35 cp %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox35.desktop ed %{buildroot}/usr/lib/firefox-%{version}/firefox <<'EOF' /^moz_libdir=\/usr\/local/ c moz_libdir=/usr/lib/firefox-%{version} . w q EOF %clean %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot} %files %defattr(-, root, root, 0755) /usr/lib/firefox-%{version} /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins /usr/bin/firefox35 /usr/share/applications/* %changelog * Mon Oct 06 2008 Stuart Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> - 3.5.1-1 - New release * Mon Oct 06 2008 Stuart Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> - 2.0.0.17-1 - New release * Tue Jan 22 2008 Stuart Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> - 2.0.0.11-1 - New release, rename to firefox2 * Mon Apr 02 2007 Stuart Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> - 2.0.0.3-2 - Add desktop * Sun Apr 01 2007 Stuart Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> - 2.0.0.3-1 - RPM package -- Stuart D. Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxx> Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154 "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis" - background song for a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?" commercial. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
