[Mageia-dev] A question about BuildRequires and other RPM questions.

Thu Feb 28 16:43:22 CET 2013

On 28/02/13 14:25, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
+> There is not much choice, beside building from a specified build
+> environment, which is usually the minimal installation for your target
+> distribution + rpmbuild. Most distributions use dedicated systems to
+> automatically deploy such clean environment before eac package build
+> attempt (iurt, mock, etc...).
+
+So, I should maybe install a minimal install on a virtual machine? Then 
+when it needs packages I can add those to the dependencies list? It 
+strikes me the problem with that would be that once you've added a load 
+of packages for one RPM, then started on another, you'd be back to the 
+same problem as before and need to keep reinstalling Mageia for each RPM 
+you do. There must be a better way than that.
+
+
+> Build dependencies are usually specified in installation instructions.
+> For humans, of course. You may also try to parse the outpout of
+> ./configure (or equivalent) script. In both case, there is not garanty
+> then every build dependency will get specified.
+
+It sounds like there is a load of trial and error then? I am sure I must 
+misunderstand, building reliable RPMs must be a relatively 
+straightforward thing once you're up and running surely?
+