Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (206 mails)

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Am Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2011 schrieb Kyle Gordon:
> |Hi folks,
>
> I have a small project that just requires the command 'python ./waf
> install' to install the files. However, on both my RPM and DEB builds
> it's coming back with 'Could not install the file' at the end. Can
> anyone explain why?
>
> This excerpt is from the RPM build -
>
> + python waf install
> Waf: Entering directory  `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/lysdr-1295045688/build'
> * installing build/default/lysdr as /usr/bin/lysdr
> Waf: Leaving directory  `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/lysdr-1295045688/build'
> Could not install the file '/usr/bin/lysdr'
>
> || error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.p8ZTto (%install)
>
> And this is from the DEB build -
>
> ||* installing build/default/lysdr as  /usr/bin/lysdr
>
> Waf: Leaving directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/build'
> Could not install the file '/usr/bin/lysdr'
> make: *** [install] Error 1
> dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot-tcp debian/rules binary gave  error 
> exit status 2
>
> Any thoughts?
you need to call waf with the correct parameters. 

e.g.
%build
./waf configure \
        --prefix=%{_prefix} \
        --cxxflags="%{optflags}"
./waf build %{?jobs:-j%{jobs}}

%install
./waf install \
        --destdir="%{buildroot}"

the --destdir should do the trick :)

> Cheers
>
> Kyle
>
>
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> Kyle Gordon - 2M1DIQ
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