Re: rpm spec example

I think what happened here is that you took a way out of date spec file
and tried to build it on 7.2

I'm redoing my own departmental rhn_reg/up2date rpms right now, and will
post the results to the list monday.

Fair enough?



On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 07:00, Arthur Clune wrote:
> 
> I've been building rhn_register RPMs for my clients as per 
> client_building.txt.
> 
> Taking the example .spec file from the doc/client dir rpm -ba fails:
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> Processing files: rhn_register-2.7.2-7.x.2_current
> error: File not found: 
> /var/tmp/rhn_register-root/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/dmimodule.so
> Requires: python >= 1.5.2 rpm-python >= 4.0.2 python-xmlrpc >= 1.4.4 
> sh-utils
> Obsoletes: rhns_register
> Processing files: rhn_register-gnome-2.7.2-7.x.2_current
> Finding  Provides: (using /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides)...
> Finding  Requires: (using /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires)...
> PreReq: rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) 
> <= 3.0.4-1
> Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 
> rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
> Requires: rhn_register = 2.7.2 usermode >= 1.33 pam >= 0.72 redhat-logos 
> pygnome pygtk pygtk-libglade pygnome-libglade /bin/sh /usr/bin/python
> Obsoletes: rhns_register-gnome
> 
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found: 
> /var/tmp/rhn_register-root/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/dmimodule.so
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/dmimodule.so does exist.
> 
> Editing the .spec file solves the problem:
> 
> -----------------------
> 
> %install
> # ONLY for 6.x builds
> #cp rhn_register.pam6x rhn_register.pam
> 
> rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> 
> # next two lines added
> mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/
> cp /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/dmimodule.so 
> $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/
> 
> make install PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT MANPATH=%{_mandir}
> 
> -------------------------------------
> 
> Is this something stupid I'm doing wrong, or something in the example .spec 
> file?
> 
> I'm building on a RH7.2 box.
> 
> Arthur
> 
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