Re: [PATCH] tools/mkrpm: allow custom rpm package name

[Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>]

On Wed, Jul 30, George Dunlap wrote:

> So my recent "make src-tarball" patches I had two build targets: one where
> it would make a tarball with a "release-like" name based on "make -C xen
> version" (e.g., xen-4.4.1.tar.gz), and another where it would make a tarball
> with a "developer-like" version based on "git describe".  You might think
> about adding an option like that to the rpm / deb make targets as well, so
> you don't have to invent your own name / remember what changeset a
> particular rpm is based on.

Are you saying there should be a 'make distpkg GITREV=<rev|tag>'?

For me the "name info" is in my wrapper script, which sets both
--prefix=/some/xen/suffix during configure and the package name during
make. The rpm release is just 'date +%s' to make 'rpm -F *.rpm' easier.
The changeset info is most likely bogus due to repeated 'git rebase'.

Olaf