May 2007 - openSUSE Packaging - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-packaging] %fdupes
by Stephan Kulow 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Hi! We did some analysis on how much space is wasted by packages storing the same file twice (or more). While few packages waste megabytes (only 88 waste more than 1000Mib), 657 waste more than 20K - which sums up to 703MiB in total. Impressed? Consider using fdupes in your package. It's pretty simple: BuildRequire fdupes and then use "%fdupes $RPM_BUILD_ROOT" in your install section. This will check for duplicated files and make them hardlink. Just be careful that these duplicated files do not end up in different subpackages - I haven't tried what rpm does in that case. But you can also use %fdupes -s, which will create symlinks, which are easier to grasp for rpm :) So you can also combine this like this # create symlinks for my man pages %fdupes -s $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_mandir # create hardline for the rest %fdupes $RPM_BUILD_ROOT I also added an rpmlint check that will give an error for the package if it's wasting more than 20KB (which is basically a random number). Greetings, Stephan -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] rpmlint checks in Factory
by Dirk Mueller 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Hi, There are new, considered to be experimental, checks for rpmlint diagnostics in Factory. So far, the following checks are enabled: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share 590 infopage-not-gzipped 540 wrong-script-interpreter 533 arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object 499 library-without-ldconfig-postun 400 shlib-with-non-pic-code 223 files-duplicated-waste 100 summary-not-capitalized 63 spurious-executable-perm 50 devel-file-in-non-devel-package 50 wrong-file-end-of-line-encoding 1 Other checks are also perform and printed in the log file (autobuild only, opensuse buildservice will follow later), but they _do_ _not_ _matter_ right now. The number behind the check name above is the badness score that was assigned to it. if any build has a score above 1000, it is currently failed. There are some packages which might suffer from false positives of above checks. Please, in order to help clean that up, file a bugreport against me (dmueller(a)novell.com) mentioning package name and check that you consider false, and I'll fix it ASAP. About the warning only checks: If you encounter any of such checks that you feel are wrong, are not complying our best practices or are exceptions that should be suppressed, PLEASE tell me about it! Do not hack around them! So, if you have a failed build today, please look ONLY for '^E:' in the logfile to figure out why it was failed. Each line has a badness score besides it. Dirk --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] rpmlint FAQ
by Dirk Mueller 31 May '07

31 May '07

Hi, I've started to maintain a couple of wiki sites under http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging and http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging/RpmLint to collect suggestions and frequently asked questions and their solutions. if you're looking for a current version of rpmlint, look into my homeproject in the buildservice (home:dirkmueller) Thanks, Dirk --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [opensuse-packaging] rpmlint and /usr/bin/env
by Jan Matejek 31 May '07

31 May '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dirk Mueller napsal(a): > On Thursday, 31. May 2007, Stephan Kulow wrote: > b) the main reason is that correct file-requires are not added to the package. > e.g if your script starts with "#!/usr/bin/env python", then /usr/bin/env > will be required while actually /usr/bin/python should have been required. > > Debian for example goes down the long and ugly road of patching each and every > script that contains /usr/bin/env - for the reason that coolo gave you. does this mean that /usr/bin/env should not be used in place of an interpreter? from what i knew, "#!/usr/bin/env python" is the commonly accepted best way of identifying python interpreter. i even have an oneliner that replaces every sensible shebang string with this one. looks like this: find . -name '*.py' -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -lE '^#! ?(/usr/.*bin/)?python' | xargs sed -rie '1s@^#![[:space:]]*(/usr/(local/)?bin/)?python@#!/usr/bin/env python@' should this be replaced by /usr/bin/python or python${version}, and perhaps used in other python packages as well? regards m. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGXqqqjBrWA+AvBr8RArX7AJ0SgUIGeRUlr9kpJL0FTQ+3x8btigCeI8cd da0vJtQ//lCn/UHgr+SyPlU= =Pw34 -----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] rpmlint and /usr/bin/env
by Vladimir Nadvornik 31 May '07

31 May '07

Hi, Why rpmlint prints a warning about /usr/bin/env as a script interpreter? I could not find any related documentation. Vladimir --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Problem with kernel for 10.2?
by Rafal Milecki 31 May '07

31 May '07

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[opensuse-packaging] Share your knowledge on http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging
by Dirk Mueller 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi, To my horror I noticed that until an hour ago, http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging was entirely empty. Please help fill it with content to document common practices, so that others can learn from you or you can learn from others! Thanks, Dirk --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Xen 3.1 for openSUSE 10.2
by Curtis Grote 29 May '07

29 May '07

Do rpm's for Xen 3.1 on openSUSE 10.2 exist anywhere or will they be created? I have found the rpm's from xensource.com for 'OpenSUSE 10' to be problematic. Thanks. Curtis Grote Memorial Hospital --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [opensuse-packaging] GPL file location
by Arun Singh 27 May '07

27 May '07

>>> On 5/24/2007 at 10:23 PM, James Ogley <james(a)usr-local-bin.org> wrote: > Once you're sure you have the right answer to those questions, it'll go > in /usr/share/doc/packages/%{name}. If it's included as COPYING a line > in the %files section of the spec file like this will do it: > > %doc COPYING Thanks James, I went this old fashioned way of including GPL_v2 file. It worked. -Arun --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help(a)opensuse.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] GPL file location
by Arun Singh 25 May '07

25 May '07

Hi All, I have to add GPL_v2 file to my package and I have the text file. I want to know where this files will go in the package and what are changes needed to spec file. Any reference sample package to look? Thanks, Arun --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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