On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:22:19 -0500
Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think I can help simplify this a bit.
>
> On the whole, I'd avoid all of the manual work and just use fedpkg.
> You can yum install it on Fedora and CentOS/RHEL.
>
> # Clone the package, anonymously (drop the -a if you're in the fedora
> # packager group).
> fedpkg clone -a foo
>
> # Change to the newly create package dir.
> cd foo
>
> # Have fedpkg download the source tarball(s) and extract it, applying
> # any patches as well.
> fedpkg prep
>
> At this point, you will have the package source in a subdirectory,
> typically %{name}-%{version}. This will be the contents for rawhide.
> If you wish to see a different release, use fedpkg switch-branch
> prior to the fedpkg prep call (e.g. fedpkg switch-branch f14).
>
> One nice thing (IMO) about this method is that all the patches and
> source files are in one directory. I always hated having things
> spread out in rpm's default {BUILD,SOURCES,SPECS} dirs (and I setup an
> ~/.rpmmacros to not use that layout).
I saw your post earlier. But I'd never used fedpgk and familiarity
overruled the simplicity. However, given your explanation, it looks
very simple and direct to use. I'll give it a try the next time I'm
investigating a package.
Thanks.
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