Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add a "make rpmball" target

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/03/2014 04:34 PM, George Dunlap wrote:
> On 03/03/2014 04:23 PM, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 03, George Dunlap wrote:
> >
> >
> > > +%install
> > > +rm -rf \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> > > +mkdir -p \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> > Newer rpms are supposed to do that automatically, but I dont know what
> > "newer" actually means. And certainly it does not hurt to keep this.
> >
> > > +cd %{_xenroot}
> > > +dist/install.sh \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/
> > > +
> > > +cd \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> > > +
> > > +# Don't include xen-syms
> > > +rm -f boot/xen-syms*
> > > +# Remove all the "linked" xen-*.gz files
> > > +rm -f \$(find boot/ -type l)
> > "find $paht -type l -delete"?
> Ack.
>
> > > +%files
> > > +%defattr(-,root,root,-)
> > > +/*
> > In this case, to avoid package conflicts, add some tags like:
> >
> > Obsoletes: xen-libs
> > Obsoletes: xen-tools
> What exactly would this be for?
"remove another named package(s) when this package is installed" -- I 
think that's a bit more than we want in the rpmball.  I'd much rather 
the developer have to remove the conflicting packages themselves, rather 
than have it done automatically.
 -George


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