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[opensuse-packaging] subpackages
by Oliver Block 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hello, does anybody know if there is a way to only build a certain subpackage when a spec file does create multiple subpackages? rmpbuild -ba my.spec will build all rpms. Best Regards, Oliver Block -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-packaging] LUA on SLE_10 (lua.pc)
by Dominique Leuenberger 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hi, I'm building some packages in 'games' and some fail on SLE_10. I'm at the moment investigating on smc (Secret Maryo) which, in turn, depends on libcegui. libcegui does not build on SLE_10 due to some 'weirdness' in lua on SLE_10. namely, lua-devel does not provide a lua.pc file, which in turn makes libcegui fail on detecting lua. Any ideas what's wrong here? Of course I can just 'hack' around it, but that would be ugly. Was lua.pc left out intentionally or did it not exist at that time (who knows) or was it just split in a different package? Any pointers are welcome. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-packaging] Editing openSUSE packages
by Cristian Morales Vega 07 May '09

07 May '09

There are some questions I face every time I create a submitreq against a package created by Novell/SUSE. a) ready file: If I remember correctly this is imported from the old autobuild. I can and even should remove it, true? b) Changelog: It's common that there is a .changes file but at the same time the spec file has a copy of it. I can and even should remove the changelog from the spec file and continue editing the .changes file, true? c) The copyright headers: what about them? I suppose they were created automatically... now they just are a problem to me. - Are they really needed??? I would really prefer them to be removed. I don't have any problem asigning copyright to openSUSE or Novell, but if they can be removed it's something less to worry about. If aren't removed - I found one that says "Copyright (c) 2007"... should I change it to "Copyright (c) 2007-2009" or to "Copyright (c) 2009"? Any specific format? I don't really know if it's important from a law POV. - "spec file for package <package> (Version <version>)". I really hate to have an extra place where I need to change the version, it's really needed? d) "# norootforbuild". It's normally there. http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging/SUSE_Package_Conventions/RPM_Style#1.2._no… says it's obsolete. There are places where it's used: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Packaging/Simple_library_package . Just for uniformity, we keep or remove it? What "obsolete" means? Is rpmbuild ignoring it? -) %description... well, this hasn't nothing to do with old Novell/SUSE packages. But since I'm writing this. There is any policy about the line length? I normally use 80 chars lines, manually. Not sure if kwrite/kate can help with this. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help(a)opensuse.org

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