[Bug 609957] New: RPM-HOWTO instructions do not work
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957#c0 Summary: RPM-HOWTO instructions do not work Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.2 Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: Documentation AssignedTo: ke@novell.com ReportedBy: giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl QAContact: ke@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; pl-PL; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 SUSE/3.5.9-0.1.1 Firefox/3.5.9 The instructions how to build a package from source are outdated and do not work any more. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the document "Building the Package with RPM" [1]. 2. rpm -ba foobar-1.0.spec Actual Results: 1. Once you have a spec file, you are ready to try and build your package. The most useful way to do it is with a command like the following: rpm -ba foobar-1.0.spec 2. -ba: nieznana opcja Expected Results: 1. Once you have a spec file, you are ready to try and build your package. The most useful way to do it is with a command like the following: rpmbuild -ba foobar-1.0.spec == References == [1] <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/packages/rpm/RPM-HOWTO/build-it.html#BUILD-PKG> -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957#c Karl Eichwalder <ke@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957#c Karl Eichwalder <ke@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|ke@novell.com |mls@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957#c1 --- Comment #1 from Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl> 2010-06-04 19:01:44 UTC --- Also, the path "/usr/doc/rpm*/GROUPS" in the document "Building RPMs" [2] should be replaced with "file:///usr/share/doc/packages/rpm/GROUPS". == References == [2] /usr/share/doc/packages/rpm/RPM-HOWTO/build.html -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957#c2 --- Comment #2 from Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl> 2010-06-04 19:19:10 UTC --- Also, the option "%setup -q" used in the example spec file [2] is not explained. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957#c3 --- Comment #3 from Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl> 2010-06-04 19:29:51 UTC --- Also, the sample spec file contains the following invalid tag: Copyright: GPL that causes rpmbuild to fail. It should be replaced with License: GPL -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957#c4 --- Comment #4 from Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl> 2010-06-04 21:05:13 UTC --- Also, the information in section 7.6. "What to do with your new RPMs" [3] is probably obsolete: : Once you've made your own RPM of something (assuming its something that hasn't already been RPM'ed), you can contribute your work to others (also assuming you RPM'ed something freely distributable). To do so, you'll want to upload it to ftp.redhat.com. The FTP server ftp.redhat.com provides no "incoming" sink. [3] <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/packages/rpm/RPM-HOWTO/build-it.html#WHAT-TO-DO> -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609957#c5 --- Comment #5 from Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl> 2010-06-05 17:38:21 UTC --- (In reply to comment #4)
Also, the information in section 7.6. "What to do with your new RPMs" [3] is probably obsolete:
: Once you've made your own RPM of something (assuming its something that hasn't already been RPM'ed), you can contribute your work to others (also assuming you RPM'ed something freely distributable). To do so, you'll want to upload it to ftp.redhat.com.
The FTP server ftp.redhat.com provides no "incoming" sink.
[3] <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/packages/rpm/RPM-HOWTO/build-it.html#WHAT-TO-DO>
Should probably be <URL:http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib> instead. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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