May 2006 - openSUSE Packaging - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Interchange for SUSE also requires non-threaded perl.
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 09 May '06

09 May '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I would like to package and maintain interchange for SUSE LINUX. http://www.icdevgroup.org. It requires a non-threaded perl. The way I have been doing it is compiling a non-threaded perl and putting it in /usr/local/bin/. Installing from CPAN using /usr/local/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Interchange' Then creating the rpm for SUSE Linux. Interchange requires all these modules. I would like to use the build service to do this. I requested a build account in January of this year. Do you think this is something the community would like? Thanks, - -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQFEXzhBVtBjDid73eYRAjv6AJ9GFY9PDAz5VEBwScFU5f8TgzxX4ACfXZpp 8gzX572zf8hCYkENVHyKXDQ= =PsNa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Questions on y2pmbuild
by Rauch Christian 09 May '06

09 May '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I had a look at y2pmbuild and got it working by now, though there remain some questions to me: 1. When I build a few packages at once, which rely upon, the packages are written to the repository and createrepo/create_package_descr is called. (I can see this in the output). Though the next package fails, because it can't find the previously built package. When I take out the sources for the already built package and run y2pmbuild again, the next package builds and so on. Can this be solved? Is it a matter of config? 2. With SUSE 10.1, Repositories should be signed. How exactly can this be done and is it possible to automate this with y2pmbuild? 3. In general, is it possible to start a certain script after a build has been finished? 4. Is there any documentation available for y2pmbuild? Neither in the y2pmsh nor in y2pmsh-debuginfo in SUSE 10.0 is any documentation. The articles found on opensuse.org are helpfull, but they do not contain that much information. Regards, Rauch Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEYE1SayhvFxrDZlkRAuExAJ9cJ5HNcWTgn0JE/3j0GeEoQDaXdACfc5LB cLAkqwH42CHIe3jtKoQM7uU= =Wok6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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y2pmbuild
by Martin Wilderoth 09 May '06

09 May '06

Hello I'm using the y2pmbuild tool to create a package. I'm compiling on an x86_64. Can i create i386 packages on the same plattform (64-bit) with the same tool ? Martin

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Build service usage, osc
by Pascal Bleser 09 May '06

09 May '06

Hi folks Are there any guidelines on how to submit something into the Build Service ? I installed Peter's osc, which seems by far the most practical and comfortable way to use the Build Service (I mean, the web interface is "pretty" but useless IMO, at least to me - I want to script, automate, work on the shell, not click around in the browser). Now, when I "osc ls", I see various subdirs, like home:cihlarov playground_abauer Debian-etch AdriansPlayground qsvn Kopete packman SL10.0 Amarok_Devel etc... Those are all very different in structure and purpose. Is there any guideline on how to submit a project ? e.g. make it a toplevel (e.g. qsvn), have your own namespace (e.g. guru/amarok), ... ? Seems to me there isn't any as of now, which already causes chaos in the repository structure now, AFAICS ;) BTW, I'm already maintaining the latest amarok releases in my package repository. Let's pick that one as an example. How are we supposed to work together, to avoid duplicate efforts ? Or is it way too early to even consider it ? ;) cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser(a)skynet.be> <guru(a)unixtech.be> _\_v FOSDEM 2006 -- 25+26 February 2006 in Brussels

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denyhosts rpm
by Craig Millar 05 May '06

05 May '06

Hello all I've created an rpm for DenyHosts http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/ which I find pretty useful. A brief synopsis first: Summary: DenyHosts is a utility to help sys admins thwart ssh hackers Description: DenyHosts is a python program that automatically blocks ssh attacks by adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny. DenyHosts will also inform Linux administrators about offending hosts, attacked users and suspicious logins. I'm pretty inexperienced at rpm building, still learning really, and I was wondering if someone could take a look at the source rpm I've created and let me know if it's ok. You can find it here: http://www.craigmillar.org/DenyHosts-2.4b-5.src.rpm I'm attaching the spec file at the end of this message as well. My main concern with the spec file is that I'd like the main executable to be renamed denyhosts from denyhosts.py. I tried the following lines: ln -sf ../../usr/bin/denyhosts.py $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_prefix/bin/denyhosts This works - but results in denyhosts and denyhosts.py in /usr/bin, so this is in the linked to version. mv ../../usr/bin/denyhosts.py $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_prefix/bin/denyhosts This doesn't work at all, which baffles me somewhat, as it's referencing the same directory. Bah. Finally, if this package is considered useful, how do I go about submitting it for wider use? I can't promise to maintain it, but I think it's a pretty nifty tool that would be of benefit to others. Thanks for any responses Craig

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Signing RPM packages in 10.1
by Marcel Hilzinger 02 May '06

02 May '06

Do 10.1 packages have to be signed by default? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marcel Hilzinger Linux New Media AG Süskindstr. 4 D-81929 München Tel: +49 (89) 99 34 11 0 Fax: +49 (89) 99 34 11 99

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Dear "packager" of mozilla firefox
by Johan N. 02 May '06

02 May '06

I hope I found the right spot for this: I'd like to know who controls the version-numbering of mozilla Firefox inside SuSE as it's not quite compatible with what some banks demand despite the fact that there was an update via YOU lately :) I hope I can encourage whoever it is to follow the "official" Mozilla Firefox version-numbering because thats where others look. Novell/SuSE is not big enough to dictate that yet ;) Luckily you had a more reasonable version 1 and half months ago in the supplementary section of the ftp site but not the smartest way to have things done and for some to be able to do some online banking ;) A browser like Mozilla Firefox should be kept much more "current" than in the past. Keep up the good work (generally) at opensuse.org/suse Yours Johan

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