[Mageia-dev] Need mentor(s) to become a Mageia packager

Fri Jul 22 11:39:54 CEST 2011

Vincent a écrit :
+> Hi All,
+>
+> I am still trying to pack ZoneMinder for Cauldron.
+> Now rpms are generated and rpmlint is not complaining, but I am still
+> sure, it's not OK :) , that's why I need help.
+> Attached is the spec file, if somebody could have a look.
+>
+> Here are my questions:
+> - where should go the installed files? (Zoneminder provides perl
+> modules, the site itself, CGI services , doc and conf).
+> - some files have no path's variable:
+> /usr/share/man/lib/perl5/5.14.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod.xz
+> /usr/local/share/man/man3/ZoneMinder.3pm
+> ...
+> Any idea, what it should be?
+> - what should be the permissions for the site under the apache server?
+> - should the %install section creates the database table/permissions
+> for ZoneMinder? If so, is there any example how to achieve this?
+> - should the %install section creates the service launcher scripts? If
+> so, is there any example how to achieve this?
+>
+> Thanks in advance for you help!
+>
+> Vincent
+
+I'm not sure about all your questions, but I can give you a few tips to improve 
+your spec file.
+
+1) The name, version, and release should be defined directly on the first 3 
+lines.  These entries define the %{name}, %{version}, and %{release} macros, so 
+in lines 9/10/11 you are redefining them to themselves.
+
+2) Use macros whenever possible.  This makes it easier to maintain the spec 
+file, as the value will be defined in only one place.
+The build system will automatically use the correct name.
+As well, it makes it easier to use the spec file in another distro.  The more 
+distros do this, the easier it is to share, a big plus of open source/free 
+software in general and Linux in particular.
+
+e.g.
+for man you should use %{_mandir} ... which is /usr/share/man/ in Mageia
+(your spec puts such files in /usr/local/share/man/..., incorrect for Mageia.)
+for executables either %{_bindir} ... for /usr/bin
+or if a system type of utility,  %{_sbindir} ... for /usr/sbin/
+
+By the way, do you have a mentor ?
+If not, you should be in the apprentice table at 
+http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=packages_mentoring#packager_apprentice_table
+
+Let me know :)
+-- 
+André
+