On 2007-12-17 14:18:07 -0800, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> I have a 3 tar archives that I want to package up as rpm's.
>
> Actually, they're already getting packaged up as rpm's, but it's kind of
> a pain, because the files to include vary from one release to the next.
> I want to get this more automated.
>
> Wait! Before you fire off a message saying that this part shouldn't be
> automated, continue reading please :) The tar archives are not full of
> source code; they're full of binary results and shell scripts. It would
> be perfectly acceptable to package up every file in each of the tar
> archives into a distinct rpm, so long as they have the right
> permissions, owners, %config's, %attr's, etc.
>
> What's the sweet spot of ease vs effectiveness for automatically
> generating an rpm from such a tar archive?
>
> Can I stuff things like %config and %attr into the %files -f filename,
> or do these keywords have to go into the %files section of the spec
> file, beneath the %files token?
>
> I googled about this, but it's hard to get useful hits on things like
> "%files" and "-f". :) The search terms are too generic.
unpack the tarball in %prep
install the files in %install into the %buildroot
fill your filelist in %files
it is not that much different from packaging from source. you just leave
out the build step.
darix
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