How do, On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 16:11 -0500, M. Lewis wrote: > Paul Howarth wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 14:07 -0500, M. Lewis wrote: > >> Stuart Sears wrote: > >>> On Thursday 02 March 2006 01:00, M. Lewis decided we wanted to hear the > >>> following: > >>>> Thanks Taharka. Had I ever created an rpm, that would probably be a good > >>>> solution. Unfortunately I haven't and I didn't see any instructions > >>>> there for doing so. If you have a pointer to some instructions that > >>>> would be helpful. > >>> the instructions are at (nearly) the same location as the rpm... > >>> http://www.fedoranews.org/tchung/thunderbird/ > >>> including the source files you need to create your rpm. > >>> > >>> but in brief... > >>> This all applies to a user called 'stuart'. You'll need to adjust it for a > >>> *non-privileged* user on your system. Do NOT build rpms as the 'root' user. > >>> you can also use a directory name other than REDHAT. that's just what I tend > >>> to use. The other directory names (SPECS etc) are not customisable without a > >>> greate deal of messing about. > >>> > >>> 1. create a file in your home directory called .rpmmacros > >>> it should contain: > >>> %_topdir /home/stuart/REDHAT > >>> > >>> 2. now create a basic build tree > >>> mkdir -p /home/stuart/REDHAT/{RPMS,SRPMS,SOURCES,BUILD,SPECS} > >>> > >>> 3. put everything in place: > >>> put the thunderbird.spec file into /home/stuart/REDHAT/SPECS > >>> cp the 3 source files thunderbird-1.5.tar.gz, thunderbird.png and > >>> thunderbird.desktop into /home/stuart/REDHAT/SOURCES > >>> > >>> 4. now use the thunderbird.spec file to build the rpm: > >>> rpmbuild -bb /home/stuart/REDHAT/SPECS/thunderbird.spec > >>> > >>> which, if all goes well, should create loads of output and then eventually > >>> write the file > >>> /home/stuart/REDHAT/RPMS/i386/thunderbird-1.5-1.i386.rpm > >>> > >>> ps setting up the build environment as in steps 1 and 2 above can also be done > >>> by using yum to install a development-specific rpm. > >>> yum install fedora-rpmdevtools > >>> and then fedora-buildrpmtree > >>> I've just always done this manually... > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> Stuart > >>> > >> Very cool. Thanks Stuart. One question, why do not build the rpm as the > >> root user? > > > > Mainly for protection against poorly-written specfiles and Makefiles, > > which could end up clobbering bits of your system if you build packages > > as root. By building packages as a regular user, you won't be > > overwriting any files that you don't have write permission for. It's > > even worth considering creating a separate account just for > > package-building. > > > > Paul. > > > > Thanks Paul for the good explanation. Also, you may want to browse the articles at; www.fedoranews.org/articles There's a treasure trove of info there :-) Should be an article regarding setting up an RPM build directory there. taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
