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

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

On 07/28/2014 11:19 AM, Olaf Hering wrote:
> Even if xen is configured and compiled with different --prefix= so that
> it operates entirely below $prefix, the resulting package from 'make
> rpmball' is always called "xen.rpm".
>
> Use an environment name to give a different name.
> This can be used like this:
>
> suffix=-bugN
> prefix=/opx/xen/staging${suffix}
> ./configure --prefix=${prefix}
> make rpmball XEN_RPMPKG_SUFFIX=${suffix} \
>      BOOT_DIR=${prefix}/boot \
>      CONFIG_DIR=${prefix}/etc \
>      INITD_DIR=${prefix}/etc/init.d
>
> The result will be "xen-bugN.rpm" instead of "xen.rpm". The benefit is that
> many xen${suffix}.rpm packages can be installed at the same time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>

This sounds useful, but would it make more sense to name it 
"XEN_PKG_SUFFIX" (i.e., not specify RPM)?  That way some motivated 
person (not necessarily you) could add the same functionality to the 
mkdeb script.

  -George