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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Trying to learn a little about packaging</H1>
<B>Hoyt Duff</B>
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<I>Sat Jan 15 03:33:56 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>On 1/14/11, Michael Scherer <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">misc at zarb.org</A>> wrote:
><i> Le vendredi 14 janvier 2011 à 00:18 -0500, Hoyt Duff a écrit :
</I>>><i> The .spec file as provided defines %define _prefix as /usr/local. Yes,
</I>>><i> I know that it should be /usr for a Mandriva-specific package, but I'd
</I>>><i> like to actually build the package first so I can understand what
</I>>><i> needs to be patched to build from the pristine sources on
</I>>><i> Madriva/Mageia, not start from scratch - that kind of defeats the
</I>>><i> purpose of RPM.
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</I>>><i> In the %files section "%{_libdir}/%{name}" should pick up "%_prefix",
</I>>><i> but it does not. As a result, some files don't get created in two
</I>>><i> directories and the build fails.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> What I'm asking is if there is a difference in how Mandrake handles
</I>>><i> that substitution versus how Fedora handles that. I installed Fedora
</I>>><i> in a VM and the package builds fine on Fedora, but I get the error on
</I>>><i> Madriva. I've examined the .spec file and don't see where there is any
</I>>><i> obvious problem, so I'm seeking some guidance as to where to look
</I>>><i> deeper.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> That's quite simple.
</I>><i> On fedora :
</I>><i> ~ $ rpm --showrc | grep -i ' _libdir'
</I>><i> -14: _libdir %{_prefix}/lib
</I>><i>
</I>><i> On mandriva :
</I>><i> $ rpm --showrc | grep -i ' _libdir'
</I>><i> -14: _libdir /usr/lib
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Mandriva hardcode the use of /usr/ in the rpm macros file, while Fedora
</I>><i> doesn't, letting people override %_prefix.
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Thanks, Michael. I can make those adjustments and will forward that
info to the package maintainer.
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Hoyt
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