October 2007 - openSUSE Packaging - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-packaging] Standard way to install a font?
by Paul Elliott 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Is there a standard way (a macro perhaps), to install a font? I have a spec file written by someone else that puts the following in %post: [ -x /usr/sbin/chkfontpath ] && /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -q -a %{datadir}/fonts/default/Type1;\ [ -x /usr/sbin/chkfontpath ] && /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -q -a %{datadir}/fonts/default/Type1/adobestd35;\ [ -x /usr/bin/fc-cache ] && /usr/bin/fc-cache Is this correct? Works with all distros? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott(a)io.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117

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[opensuse-packaging] %debug_package issues with Suse only
by mrdocs＠scribus.info 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Sent originally to -buildservice by mistake.... Hi, I have hit a weird issue when enabling %debug_package when wrapped inside something like this: %if 0%{?suse_version} %debug_package Build Requires: blah... %endif If %debug_package is enabled, the install portion fails on all Suse versions by seemingly unsetting RPM_BUILD_ROOT so the install part tries to install into /usr not /var/tmp/package/usr Package in question is: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?project=home%3Amrdocs&package=gsview Now Mandriva seems to automagically enable debug packages, so there is no need to enable it in the spec file. This package has reliably built before on OBS on all rpm distros and arches. Is this a subtle difference in the rpm versions from FC. Mdk and Suse ? or could this be an OBS issue? Thoughts ? Thanks, Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] New rpmlint in BETA
by Dirk Mueller 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Hi, [external people: ignore on] There will be a new rpmlint in BETA. It might produce new fancy fallout. Do not panic, I`ll be watching it. I`ll let you know if you have to fix something in your package by personal email. [external people: ignore off] Greetings, Dirk -- RPMLINT information under http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging/RpmLint --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] insserving services
by Jan Engelhardt 28 Oct '07

28 Oct '07

Hi, some packages (e.g. cups), after installation, insert their service into the runlevel, others (e.g. apache2) do not. How is this accomplished in the %post sections of .spec files? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Multiple KMP modules
by Andreas Schneider 28 Oct '07

28 Oct '07

Hi, I'm currently updating VirtualBox and building all the kernel modules now. https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=Virtualization%3AVirtualBox VirtualBox needs a kernel module (vboxdrv) loaded to work. But it has two additional kernel modules for installed guest (vboxadd, vboxvfs). Is it possible to add several KMP modules in one spec file or do I need an additional spec file? So hat I have virtualbox-kmp-default and virtualbox-kmp-guest-additions-default. -- andreas -- http://www.cynapses.org/ - cybernetic synapses

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[opensuse-packaging] RPM packageing is too much like folklore.
by Paul Elliott 28 Oct '07

28 Oct '07

Folklore, like every village has its own version of the story, slightly different from every other village's version. There is plenty of documentation on writing a .spec file on the net, but is scattered across 1000 different web sites and mailing list archives. A lot of the documentation is obsolete in places. You can not go to one place and learn RPM packaging, instead you have to go prospecting like an anthropologist to find all the information that seems to be relevant to your problem. Every distro does it approximately the same, with enough differences to drive one mad! Will Linux Standard base or some big documentation writer ever come to save the day and bring order to this chaos? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott(a)io.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117

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[opensuse-packaging] how to convert pkg-config checks to BuildRequires (was: Re: openSUSE GNOME meeting (2007/10/25))
by Stanislav Brabec 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Rodrigo Moya wrote: > - Stanislav had a tool to analyze pkg-config checks for automatically update > BuildRequires It's still unfinished and might be broken... I made my proof of concept public: http://pack.suse.cz/sbrabec/pkg-buildrequires/ Technical background and problems: - It's not easy to get package dependency data from configure.in. m4 expansion may occur and shell expansion may occur as well. Finally it's not easy to guess, which branch of code is actully active => The simplest way is modifying or wrapping of pkg-config itself. Solved. - RPM offers no way how to get data collected by %build back to the spec file preamble. We need a simple but enforcing way to perform this step manually. Still needs proper solution. Proposed usage: BuildRequires: pkg-buildrequires and replace %configure by %pkg_buildrequires_configure -- Best Regards / S pozdravem, Stanislav Brabec software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: sbrabec(a)suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 966 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] rpm5.org
by Pascal Bleser 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 When I look at the "Team" presented on http://rpm5.org I notice several people involved in QA for several distributions, but no one for openSUSE/SLE*. Lack of time, lack of interest, technical reasons ? Thanks for enlightening me :) cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser(a)skynet.be> <guru(a)unixtech.be> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHH9iwr3NMWliFcXcRAtYqAJ4x9fkJ1Jb2nT0nTpyLAF3aLPemRQCgkH9I M3dXLk3Xuo0uVBNAUyT+074= =l3v5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Suggests/Enhances HOWTO?
by Nikolay Derkach 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Hi, Is there any howto/guide on how to use these RPM tags? I couldn't find any, moreover I never saw a single package using them. Nevertheless, I recall there was an announcement on the list that these instructions were implemented [*]. So, could someone please clarify the situation? PS: are these patches included into the upstream RPM? [*] http://lists4.opensuse.org/opensuse-packaging/2005-12/msg00068.html -- Regards, Nikolay Derkach --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] 2nd reminder to fix your packages for compiling with GCC 4.3
by Richard Guenther 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

[BCCed to devel, labs as not all people seem to be subscribed to opensuse-packagers] Hi, this is a reminder for you to have a look at your packages that fail in the BETA distribution (which has GCC 4.3 as its compiler). If you think that the compiler is at fault feel free to report these issues back to me or file a bugzilla for them. Builds with a slightly newer version of GCC for x86_64 and i586 are also available in the home:rguenther:playground build service project. Thanks, Richard. -- Richard Guenther <rguenther(a)suse.de> Novell / SUSE Labs SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nuernberg - AG Nuernberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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