Re: [Powerpc-utils-devel] Fixes to powerpc-utils.spec.in

[Nathan F. <nf...@au...>]

Brad Peters wrote:
> Nathan Fontenot wrote:
>> Brad Peters wrote:
>>> These spec file changes allow you to run rpmbuild to build the rpm from
>>> source.  All
>>> you need to do now is provide the tarball with a
>>> powerpc-utils-[version].tar.gz name,
>>> copy it into /usr/src/packages/SOURCES (or whereever $_topdir is
>>> pointing), copy the
>>> spec in /usr/src/packages/SPECS, and run:
>>>
>>>> rpmbuild --ba --target=ppc /usr/src/packages/SPECS/powerpc-utils.spec
>>> I guess either way will work, but it seems like a good idea to have
>>> rpmbuild do as
>>> much of the work as possible.
>>>
>> Took this for a spin,  and this is much nicer than all of the prep work
>> I was having to do previously to get a rpm built.
>>
>> I have one comment on the patch...
>>
>> (please post patches inline instead of attaching them, this way people
>> don't have to cut and paste the patch into their reply to comment on it)
>>
>> --- powerpc-utils-1.2.2/powerpc-utils.spec.in    2010-01-19
>> 10:18:05.000000000 -0800
>> +++ powerpc-utils.spec.in    2010-01-20 10:43:21.000000000 -0800
>> @@ -7,13 +7,24 @@ Version:    %{version}
>> Release:    %{release}
>> License:    IBM Common Public License (CPL)
>> Group:        System Environment
>> -Source0:    N/A
>> -BuildRoot:    /tmp/%{name}-buildroot/
>> +Source:        powerpc-utils-%{version}.tar.gz
>> +BuildRoot:    %{name}-buildroot/
>>
>> I think this still needs to be /tmp/%{name}-buildroot.  In my testing the
>> rpm build failed when trying to create /powerpc-utils-buildroot.
> 
> Hi Nathan,
> 
> Huh, normally, rpmbuild will create the specified
> directory in /tmp by default, then do an install to $_topdir, or
> /usr/src/packages/BUILD/powerpc-utils-1.2.2, in this case. This looks like
> a permissions problem, so I'm curious if you built as root, or as a
> normal user?

I did the build as myself and it attempted to create /powerpc-utils-buildroot.
Which failed as it should.

-Nathan
> 
> 
>> + /bin/mkdir /powerpc-utils-buildroot
>> /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/powerpc-utils-buildroot':
>> Permission denied
>> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.38059 (%build)
>>
>> -Nathan
> 
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