RPM question

[Alex Lavrov]

Hello,
is there any tool to view how rpm file was built? It's drictories, spec files etc.
Also, where can I find a *good* documentation about building rpm files (wuth examples).

Thank you for help.

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

here's a link
http://rpm.redhat.com/RPM-HOWTO
I used it to build my rpms.

Best Regards.

[Jerome Henry]

rpm -ql package
rpm -q --filesbypkg package
man rpm
Good tut on package building :
http://freshrpms.net/docs/fight/

hth

J

[Alex Lavrov]

Thank you for replies.

I saw in few documentations:
rpm -ba

But my RedHat AS 3.00 linux box says that -ba is unknown option ....

Weird ...

[Alexander Chuzhoy · Accepted solution]

You need to add a line to /etc/popt
rpm exec --ba rpmb -ba


Best regards.

[Alex Lavrov]

It works!

Tank you very much for the help! :-)

[Alex Lavrov]

Hello again, another RPM problem.
When I put some file in the %files section,
I get this message:
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(ConpressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) < 4.0.-1
Checking for unpackaged files: /usr/lib/rpm/check-files %{buildroot}
getOutputFrom(): Broken pipe

Any ides how to solve it?

thanx.

[Jerome Henry]

Hi
This is because the .spec file is missing a definition of a build-root directory in the "Buildroot:" field, AFA I remember, RH3.0's current build-root definition is this:
Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot-%(%{__id_u}

hth

J

[Alex Lavrov]

It helped, thank you, but probable I'm missing something.

I want to build rpm that does not build a thing. I want it only put some files, maybe modify some files and that's it.

What is the best way to create that kind of rpm? It's gonna be package with files that will be copied to different directories ...
No build, no install ...
Just untar and copy.

Or maybe rpm is not good for me ...

[Jerome Henry]

Hi again,

If you just want to pack and unpack things, why don't you just use tar ? (man tar) It will make from several files and directories one zipped archive, you'll extract theneafter...
Or do you want to specifically use rpm for that purpose ?

J