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@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ -rpm-mageia-setup -$Id: README 22754 2007-02-22 13:03:02Z nanardon $ - -This package contains configuration and script for the Mageia rpm. - -Some file come from .in, this allow to transform path for testing purpose. -If your file or script contains path, you should make a .in files. - -* About macros: -Only redefine macros in this package if the rpm one does not please to you. - -All macros having same body should go into macros.in. -If the macros body change: -- add a symbolic value into macros-perarch.in (@foo@) -- add the value into make_macrosfiles.sh.in - -Example: -%_libdir /use/%_lib => macros.in -%_lib lib|lib64 => macros-perarch.in - -* Testing the monster - -o First and easy way: -$ make test - -o Live tests: - -$ ./configure --with-rpmconfdir=$fakeroot --with-rpmlibdir=/usr/lib/rpm --with-rpmsysconfdir=/etc - -This will configure the package for an installation into fakeroot, using rpm files in /usr/lib/rpm. -$ make -$ make install - -Now we can say to rpm to use fake config: -rpm --rcfile $fakeroot/mageia/rpmrc other command... - -Happy Hacking diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84152ca --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +# Mageia RPM Setup + +This package contains configuration and scripts related to the use of RPM in Mageia. It is ultimately released and packaged as `rpm-mageia-setup`. + +Some files are packaged in .in files. These files allow you to pre-process certainly paths and configure options and inject them into the built scripts. + +## About macros + +Only redefine macros in this package if the upstream RPM one is not fit for purpose in Mageia. Please only do this as a last resort and try to work with upstream whenever possible. + +All macros having same body in all architectures should go into macros.in. If the macros body change depending on architecture, then: + +1. add a symbolic value into `macros-perarch.in` (e.g. @FOO@) +2. add the value into `make_macrosfiles.sh.in` + +### Example + +`macros.in` contains: + + %_libdir /usr/%_lib + +`macros-perarch.in` contains: + + %_lib @LIB@ + +`make_macrosfiles.sh.in` contains (among other things): + + MINPUT="$1" + ARCH="$2" + + LIB=lib + + case $ARCH in + … + amd64|x86_64) + LIB=lib64 + ;; + … + esac + + cat "$MINPUT" | sed \ + -e "s,@LIB@,$LIB,g" + + +## Testing the monster + +First and easy way: + + $ make test + +Live tests: + + $ ./configure --with-rpmconfdir=$fakeroot --with-rpmlibdir=/usr/lib/rpm --with-rpmsysconfdir=/etc + +This will configure the package for an installation into fakeroot, using rpm files in `/usr/lib/rpm`. + + $ make + $ make install + +Now we can tell rpm to use fake config: + + $ rpm --rcfile $fakeroot/mageia/rpmrc other command... + +Happy Hacking! |