Re: [PATCH] scripts/package/Makefile: rpmbuild is needed for rpm targets

[Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>]

On 2015-06-08 22:19, Jim Davis wrote:
> Before rpm release 4.1, in 2002, either the rpm command or the
> rpmbuild command could be used in the rpm-pkg or binrpm-pkg targets,
> and the Makefile chose the rpm command if the rpmbuild command wasn't
> found.
> 
> After release 4.1, however, the rpm command could no longer be used in
> place of the rpmbuild command.  As the rpmbuild command is not
> installed by default, this can lead to failures with the rpm-pkg and
> binrpm-pkg targets:
> 
> rpm --define "_builddir ." --target \
>     x86_64 -bb ./binkernel.spec
>     rpm --target: unknown option
>     scripts/package/Makefile:60: recipe for target 'binrpm-pkg' failed
> 
> Change the Makefile to use rpmbuild unconditionally to avoid this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Davis <jim.epost@gmail.com>

I agree that compatibility with rpm < 4.1 is not an issue nowadays and
"rpmbuild: command not found" is a lot more informative error message. I
applied the patch to kbuild.git#misc.

thanks,
Michal