Re: [PATCH] Add a "make rpmball" target

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>]

On 03/03/2014 04:23 PM, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 03, George Dunlap wrote:
>
>
>> +%install
>> +rm -rf \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
>> +mkdir -p \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> Newer rpms are supposed to do that automatically, but I dont know what
> "newer" actually means. And certainly it does not hurt to keep this.
>
>> +cd %{_xenroot}
>> +dist/install.sh \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/
>> +
>> +cd \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
>> +
>> +# Don't include xen-syms
>> +rm -f boot/xen-syms*
>> +# Remove all the "linked" xen-*.gz files
>> +rm -f \$(find boot/ -type l)
> "find $paht -type l -delete"?

Ack.

>
>> +%files
>> +%defattr(-,root,root,-)
>> +/*
> In this case, to avoid package conflicts, add some tags like:
>
> Obsoletes: xen-libs
> Obsoletes: xen-tools

What exactly would this be for?

> Also "Release: unstable" could be some automatically increasing number,
> like 'date +%s'. This avoids the need for "rpm -Uvh --force xen.rpm".
> Not sure how package managers deal with missing digits in the Release:
> tag. If in doubt, set it to 0.

I'll give this a think.

Thanks for the feedback!

  -George