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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[opensuse-packaging] automatic packporting of Factory packages
by Stanislav Brabec 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hallo. I wrote a script, which attempts to backport packages to be compilable on older products. It means replacing of Requires and BuildRequires by an appropriate %if. It is intended to prevent hardly maintainable %if %suse_version hell in Factory. If there will be an interest, I can maintain it in OpenSUSE:Tools. Usage is trivial: - cd to unpacked sources. - Run it. TODO: - Move configuration outside script (trivial). - Support for "this new name is already used in this repository" (trivial - delete appropriate line or use "%if %suse_version foo || 0%{?opensuse_bs}". (trivial) - Support for rules more packages -> anything (not so trivial) - Support for fixes of "has choice for" (already written, but it is not part of this attachment, because it has a large configuration. -- 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/

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[opensuse-packaging] policy for naming devel packages
by Dirk Mueller 23 May '07

23 May '07

Hi, it was recently (in bugreport 277317) brought to my attention that we have three packages containing development files, but not being named with a "-devel" suffix: OpenOffice_org-sdk wnn-sdk xorg-x11-server-sdk I was wondering if there is a special policy regarding the -sdk suffix that I'm not aware of? Shouldn't those packages be named -devel? 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] Packaging vanilla kernel
by Rafal Milecki 23 May '07

23 May '07

Hello, Could someone responsible for packaing vanilla kernel add module "bcm43xx" to this compiled version? I installed v2.6.22-rc1 but it doesn't include bcm43xx driver for my WiFi. -- Rafał Miłecki

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[opensuse-packaging] installing / updating / erasing apache2 modules
by Michal Marek 22 May '07

22 May '07

Hi, php5 in server:php currently has %preun -n apache2-mod_php5 if [ "$1" = "0" ] then if [ -x /usr/sbin/a2enmod ] then if a2enmod -q php5; then a2dismod php5 fi fi fi %postun -n apache2-mod_php5 %restart_on_update apache2 Is there some policy about this? I looked at other apache2 modules in the distro and these don't automatically restart apache and with the exception of mod_apparmor also don't enable the module, instead a README or the package description tells the user to do so. Also the security advisories for the modules say "Please close and restart all running instances of Apache after the update.". Is it time to handle this automatically, or should we revert the change in php? Michal --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BIRT and Eclipse.org
by James Tremblay 22 May '07

22 May '07

I was wondering if anyone would know if the eclipse 3.2.1 includes the report-designer-all-in-one-2.1.2 and if it does not would someone package it? -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Novell CNE 3\4\5 CLE \ NCE in training. http://en.opensuse.org/education --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] perl directories
by Ludwig Nussel 16 May '07

16 May '07

Hi, suse $ perl -V:installvendorarch -V:installvendorlib installvendorarch='/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi'; installvendorlib='/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8'; debian $ perl -V:installvendorarch -V:installvendorlib installvendorarch='/usr/lib/perl5'; installvendorlib='/usr/share/perl5'; Couldn't we have a lot more noarch packages by defining those variables the Debian way? That would also allow to install perl modules from newer/older distros as the exact version number is not encoded in the path. cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ SUSE Labs V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] suse_update_desktop_file
by Stephan Kulow 16 May '07

16 May '07

Hi! I added a check to the rpm macro that makes sure that desktop files don't contain X-SuSE-translate line - because most of the times this is a sign that people copied desktop files from living system without changing them. If you have desktop files from SVN somewhere, make sure the translations are either uptodate all the time or are stripped out of the files - including the X-SuSE-translate line. 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] OpenSUSE base system package list
by Carlos Ramirez 15 May '07

15 May '07

Is there a file, webpage or command that can provide a list of packages that are part of the OpenSUSE base system? For instance during the installation, I can see a list of tools that are part of the base system, where is that information being gathered from? I tried searching in various places without much luck. Any help in the right direct is appreciated. Thanks, -Carlos --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Shared Library Packaging Policy (was: [opensuse-factory] Meeting Minutes Dist Meeting 2007-05-10)
by Andreas Schneider 15 May '07

15 May '07

Andreas Jaeger wrote: > * Shared library policy > see: http://en.opensuse.org/Shared_Library_Packaging_Policy > > If nobody raises objections, we'll move forward with it and add it to > the packagers manual. > > Note: This is not enforced for existing packages. It should be done > for major updates and must be done for new package submissions. > > AI: everybody to read and comment on opensuse-packaging mailing list. Hi, I miss somthing in the new package conventions. We should start to avoid -rpath. Packages should be built without -rpath and if they need a special path, a file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ should be created. Google: "rpath is evil" The solution to get the libraries working without rpath is the use of ldconfig. Suppose you have the library /usr/lib/foo/foo.so.0. Then simply create a file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/foo with the path (/usr/lib/foo) as the content. Cheers, -- andreas -- http://www.cynapses.org/ - cybernetic synapses

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[opensuse-packaging] Project launch: openSUSE Software Portal / Application Manager
by Pascal Bleser 12 May '07

12 May '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 (sorry for the somewhat exhaustive list of recipients, just trying to spread the word and hunt for participants) We had our kickoff openSUSE Software Portal project meeting today. The goals are to provide the best possible end-user experience with regards to package installation/upgrading at large. The idea is to provide several software components and services: * a server backend that aggregates various kinds of information * a web client, including one-click installation (yast2-mpp) * a desktop client (GTK/Qt/YaST) More information about the project: http://en.opensuse.org/Software_Portal http://dev-loki.blogspot.com/2007/05/project-launch-opensuse-software-porta… Basic infrastructure is set up, so if you want to join the effort (any help is more than welcome), please subscribe to our mailing-list [1] We're definitely looking for Java/Python/YCP developers, web designers, artwork designers, and people with ideas, suggestions, and motivation. [1]http://forge.novell.com/mailman/listinfo/appinstaller-devel Please spread the word ;) 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 iD8DBQFGRk8Hr3NMWliFcXcRAnufAJ9fU68sxeaKL8NoKKYWQRtuQKGRZQCdGHeU A/HjKGDtiVefXYQ9AjU6Kmg= =JH/6 -----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] Should we evaluate Zimbra ? - a next-gen Mail Server
by Alexey Eremenko 11 May '07

11 May '07

It seems that Zimbra arrived: The Next-Gen mail server, similar to GMail in concept and powerful features, but Open-Source, and installable in the Enterprise (not just on the Internet). That is: Zimbra, like GMail is both a mail server, mail client and HTTP server, which makes it possible to connect to Zimbra from any Web browser, but it can be connected from any emailing client (like Thunderbird). Zimbra has also integrated support for Calendars. It can give serious combat to Microsoft Exchange, and other (older) Linux email servers. Now if we this type of server, we should evaluate it more closely. I haven't evaluated it, just seen their flash demos. (and liked them a LOT! ) I'm as a Home user don't need an email server at Home. I use GMail. But this can make a revolution within an Enterprise. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] openssl package split
by Matthias Koenig 07 May '07

07 May '07

Hi, to follow the library packaging policy the openssl package has been branched with the following new package layout: openssl -----+--> openssl | +--> libopenssl0_9_8 | +--> openssl-certs openssl-devel --> libopenssl-devel openssl-doc --> openssl-doc Since libopenssl-devel provides openssl-devel, there is currently no need for an immediate change for packages which BuildRequires openssl-devel. But please consider changing your BuildRequires tag from openssl-devel to libopenssl-devel when touching your package next time in the future. Note, that the devel package does not depend anymore on the openssl package itself, which contains the /usr/bin/openssl binary. Matthias --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] [library packaging policy] Example fixing of curl
by Richard Guenther 02 May '07

02 May '07

For the library packaging policy as discussed previously this is an example on how to fix an offending package. We take the example of curl, as we have (ick) compat-curl2 and compat-curl3 packages alread, which is a mess. Curl currently is split into curl providing the /usr/bin/curl binrary and the /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.X library and a curl-devel package with development files. The library packaging policy forces you to split off a libcurl4 package with just the libcurl.so.4* shared libraries. The library packaging policy forces you to rename curl-devel to either libcurl-devel or libcurl4-devel if you want to support development with different curl versions. We choose not to and rename it to libcurl-devel which will depend on libcurl4 for this version. For the renaming you need a proper Provides: curl-devel and Obsoletes: curl-devel dependency for update to work. The split off of libcurl4 does not require anything special as shared lib requirements will take care of what is necessary. [Yes, I've started on the above, no need to do it for curl, but please consider fixing your package early if you ever had the need to provide compat-* packages and fix your package the next time you touch it otherwise] 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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