May 2011 - openSUSE Packaging - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-packaging] Desktop-related macros for scriptlets
by Vincent Untz 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Hi, Something I probably failed to document properly in 11.4 is the new macros that got introduced for desktop-related things (some of them being, arguably, GTK+-only). They were introduced to fix various issues, and move away from the SuSEconfig scripts. With rpm 4.9, we might be able to use another solution. In that case, the macros listed below will just expand to an empty string and do nothing. So it won't harm to use them either. Desktop-related macros ====================== a) Package installs a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications Macros: %desktop_database_post/%desktop_database_postun What it does: calls update-desktop-database to update a cache mapping MIME types to apps handling them. This is needed to make the desktops aware that an app can handle a MIME type. b) Package installs a MIME definition (in /usr/share/mime): Macros: %mime_database_post/%mime_database_postun What it does: calls update-mime-database to update the database containing information about all MIME definitions. c) Package installs an icon in hicolor (/usr/share/icons/hicolor): Macros: %icon_theme_cache_post/%icon_theme_cache_postun What it does: calls gtk-update-icon-cache (if existing) to update the GTK+ icon cache for hicolor, as specified by the spec. This is needed to make the icon visible to GTK+ apps. d) Package installs an icon in another icon theme (let's say "geeko" theme, /usr/share/icons/geeko) Macros: %icon_theme_cache_post geeko / %icon_theme_cache_postun geeko What it does: calls gtk-update-icon-cache (if existing) to update the GTK+ icon cache for geeko. This is needed to make the icon visible to GTK+ apps. e) Package installs a GSettings schema (in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas): Macros: %glib2_gsettings_schema_post/%glib2_gsettings_schema_postun %glib2_gsettings_schema_requires (similar to %py_requires) What it does: calls glib-compile-schemas to build the blob containing the data for all schemas. This is needed to have your app not crash :-) f) Package installs a gio module (in /usr/lib/gio/modules): Macros: %glib2_gio_module_post/%glib2_gio_module_postun %glib2_gio_module_requires (similar to %py_requires) What it does: calls gio-querymodules to update a cache listing all gio modules and the extension points they are using. This is needed to make the gio module known to gio. g) Package installs a gdk-pixbuf loader (in /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders): Macros: %gdk_pixbuf_loader_post/%gdk_pixbuf_loader_postun %gdk_pixbuf_loader_requires (similar to %py_requires) What it does: calls gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders to update a cache listing all gdk-pixbuf loaders and their abilities. This is needed to make the gdk-pixbuf loader known to gdk-pixbuf. h) Package installs a GTK+ (2 or 3) IM module (in /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules or /usr/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules): Macros: %gtk2_immodule_post/%gtk2_immodule_postun %gtk2_immodule_requires %gtk3_immodule_post/%gtk3_immodule_postun %gtk3_immodule_requires What it does: calls gtk-query-immodules-2.0/gtk-query-immodules-3.0 to build a cache listing all IM modules and the locale/language they apply to. You obviously need to only call the gtk2/gtk3 version, depending on which version of GTK+ you target. This is needed to make the IM module known to GTK+. i) Package installs a pango module (in /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules): Macros: %pango_module_post/%pango_module_postun %pango_module_requires (similar to %py_requires) What it does: calls pango-querymodules to update a cache listing all pango modules and information about what they handle. This is needed to make the module known to pango. Thanks, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- 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] My rpmlint/brp series continues (Today: I: Statement might be overflowing a buffer in strncat.)
by Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Hi, As some of you are certainly already aware, I am creating a series of blog posts around rpmlint errors and brp-check errors that can arise in packages. So on the weekend, Thanks to the input of Malcolm Lewis, a new post went online, which addresses this error: I: Statement might be overflowing a buffer in strncat. The b log post with explanation why it happens and how to solve it can be found at http://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/?p=189 Hope it helps you all out. Dominique PS: The offer still stands of course: whichever brp/lint you struggle with, just send me a message and I will try to come up with a post about it. -- 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] Can packages in the 11.4 standard or update repos build against tumbleweed?
by Dave Plater 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Can packages in 11.4 standard or update repositories build against packages provided in the tumbleweed update repository.? I've filed bnc#696826 about 11.4's lv2core-devel's lv2config being unable to function due to a lack of package python-redland. The LV2 plugin system cannot be used at all if the package can't build against lv2core and slv2, I submitted new packages lv2core, slv2 and an updated redland package that included the python bindings before 11.4's release, lv2core is in the 11.4 distribution but slv2 is still in review, here is it's history : 62079 State:declined By:autobuild When:2011-02-18T16:30:51 submit: multimedia:libs/slv2 -> openSUSE:Factory note: obsoleted by submitreq 62078 From: plater(new) Descr: Removed conflict for libslv2-8 62078 State:review By:coolo When:2011-03-28T16:14:46 submit: multimedia:libs/slv2 -> openSUSE:Factory From: plater(new) -> saschpe(review) Descr: Removed conflict for libslv2-8 60049 State:declined By:autobuild When:2011-02-18T16:30:43 submit: multimedia:libs/slv2 -> openSUSE:Factory From: plater(new) Descr: Add slv2-0.6.6-licencefix.patch to remove file with conflicting GPLv2 statement in the header. See bnc#669117 and slv upstream drobillad #630 59638 State:declined By:autobuild When:2011-02-04T17:25:01 submit: multimedia:libs/slv2 -> openSUSE:Factory From: plater(new) Descr: New package slv2 is a library to make the use of LV2 plugins as simple as possible for applications.slv2 is free software (GPL v2 or later) written in C99 using the Redland RDF toolkit, and is known to work on GNU/Linux and Mac OS X. This package is the other part of the slv2 lv2core needed for openSUSE packages to use the LV2 plugin system and compliments submit request sr#59624 the home url for this package is http://drobilla.net/software/slv2/ apart from the url and licence all of the other relevant information is contained in submit request id 59624 and this is sr#62078 the last request which is still open : Request #62078: submit: multimedia:libs/slv2(r5) -> openSUSE:Factory/slv2 Message: Removed conflict for libslv2-8 State: review 2011-03-28T16:14:46 coolo Comment: run checker Review: new darix None None None Please decide accepted None factory-auto 2011-03-29T16:16:48 coolo Builds for all Factory repos found Output of check script (non-fatal): History: review 2011-03-18T10:39:07 saschpe new 2011-02-18T16:18:50 plater This last request effectively blocks slv from even going into factory. There was a comment made in a reply during one of my many emails pleading for slv2 to be accepted that it was a duplicate of a Packman package and I replied that it's purpose was to enable multimedia applications to build with support for LV2 plugins and openSUSE packages cannot build against Packman packages. I'm busy updating qtractor from 0.7.8 to 0.7.9 the earlier version would have been in 11.4 had slv2 been present and now it seems that version 0.7.9 is also going to be blocked. Reference threads : http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2011-02/msg00678.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2011-02/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2011-01/msg00377.html I originally created the lv2core and slv2 packages when a user requested LV2 plugin support for ardour which isn't in the main distribution but he was happy with the result and this verifies that there isn't anything wrong with the package. Maybe I violated an openSUSE rule inadvertently but if nobody explains what it was I may do it again. I'm passionate about openSUSE multimedia and I feel that it presents an important face of openSUSE. Regards Dave Plater -- 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] Adding useful Provides to cups drivers (with python-cups)
by Vincent Untz 31 May '11

31 May '11

Hi, I just updated python-cups to a new version, and it is now shipping files to automatically add Provides tag to packages that are shipping cups drivers (thanks to the new rpm 4.9). It's matching those files: %__psdriver_path ^(/usr/lib/cups/driver/.*|%{_datadir}/cups/drv/.*\.drv)$ %__psdriver_magic ^PPD file.*$ It'd be cool to have all our packages that are shipping drivers for cups use this. It's just a matter of adding a python-cups BuildRequires. For instance, for gutenprint, this would add Provides like this: postscriptdriver(hp;photosmart_100;) This will enable configuration tools to know which package to install, if one is needed, when configuring a printer. I've submitted the change to gutenprint, so you can take a look at it to if you need to change another package in a similar way (but it's really easy): https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/71723 There are likely other packages than gutenprint that should be changed, and I don't know which ones, so I'd appreciate if others could do this or at least tell me which packages to change. Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- 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] Dependency generators in rpm-4.9.0 and rpm dependencies
by Michal Vyskocil 31 May '11

31 May '11

Hi all, first of all big thanks to mls for rpm 4.9. I've a question about the dependency generators introduced in rpm 4.9 - I want to reuse the Fedora maven.attr and maven.prov they added into jpackage-utils. It will add the maven styled provides into maven packages, so on the end all maven packages can have cross-distro compatible names. There's a problem I see with their approach. The maven.prov is written in Python, that means you have to handle this as dependency somehow. I thought about few ways, but noone seems to me like a good way 1.) add a Requires: python into jpackage-utils, so you have to have python with every java package, because j-u is needed for every JVM we have 2.) move those files into maven package and let it Require python - this is not much far from the 1.) 3.) add BuildRequires: python into every package have BuildRequires: maven - this seems as the best one, even it is confusing for packagers What's your opinion? Regards Michal Vyskocil

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[opensuse-packaging] Naming conventions for Python and Ruby packages
by Sascha Peilicke 31 May '11

31 May '11

Hi guys, recently we already had some discussion about how to fix our Python (and Ruby) packages. One rule was to (re)name all packages so that they match their upstream counterparts as closely as possible. For Python this would be python-$UPSTREAM_PYPI_NAME and for Ruby it is currently rubygem-$UPSTREAM_GEM_NAME. Sometimes this leads to ugly ducklings like 'python-python-daemon', but that already is the perfect example why we have to name it like that [1]. Darix discovered a similar offender for Ruby [2][3]. Therefore we suggest to enforce this rule for new Factory packages. Furthermore we would have to gradually fix offending packages in devel:languages:ruby:extensions and devel:languages:python (aledr is already quite active fixing the latter). Sometimes we have to break this for characters that can't be part of RPM names (like the dot for older distros). In this case, we may want to replace them with "_". Along these lines, it would be great to also provide the upstream name like Perl packages do nowadays: Provides: python($UPSTREAM_GEM_NAME) Ideally, this should be part of our Python macros. Footnotes: [1] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-packaging/2009-09/msg00148.html [2] http://rubygems.org/gems/libarchive [3] http://rubygems.org/gems/libarchive-ruby -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Sascha Peilicke http://saschpe.wordpress.com

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[opensuse-packaging] Directory creation for pid and log files
by Robert Schweikert 30 May '11

30 May '11

Hi, Trying to get OpenNebula into a more usable state. The startup script of the daemon puts pid files into /var/run/one/one.pid and log files into /var/log/one/one.log. This is of course perfetly reasonable, with the exception that the startup fails if /var/run/one and var/log/one do not exists. Question now is should the startup script create the directories if they do not exists or is this a job of the package in %post? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rschweikert(a)novell.com rschweikert(a)ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- 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 development
by Frank 29 May '11

29 May '11

Hallo, i've downloaded and install openSuse 11.4. Cause of i want to help develop openSuse, i need a lot of hints. The documentation of development don't help me, cause i'm at the moment a non experience user. I've read, that there was a package for suse development, but the current version i've didn't find. i would like to improve applications or wan't write new stuff. can you give me a easy reading tutorial or a step to step howto. Must i download the development version of suse ... ???? Please help me. Thanks and best regards. Frank >Hallo Freunde, > > ich hab mir jetzt openSuse 11.4 heruntergeladen und installiert. > > Da ich mich an der Entwicklung von openSuse gerne einbringen würde, > bräuchte ich dringend ein paar Tipps. > > Die Dokumentation für Entwickler hilft mir leider nicht weiter. > > Es gab da wohl mal ein Paket für die openSuse Entwicklung, was es wohl > nicht mehr aktuell ist. > > Ich würde gerne Anwendungen erweitern/verbessern und habe auch Ideen > für neue Programme. > > Bitte helft mir, sonst geb ichs auf. > > > Viele Grüße > > Frank > > -- 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] Mono packages...
by Nelson Marques 29 May '11

29 May '11

Hi all, Gabriel recently asked me if I could maintain the Banshee Project repositories, which I accepted. Now this brings me a few issues... Banshee repository inherits some packages from Mono which seem to be based on what I would call 'fedora' specs and could use some love. Well, I'm available to improve a bit this packages (the ones used for Banshee) and resubmit them to Mono project, and then branch them over to Banshee. The reason why they are all there is because currently (and in the future) Banshee will be served to all supported platforms through those reps, so those mono packages provide the requirements for it. Now, there's two things I've noticed: 1. Mono packages are 'noarch' and install always on /usr/lib (which suggests %libexecdir can be used); 2. Mono packages are placing the .pc file on /usr/share/pkgconfig; 3. Mono packages have sometimes a devel package which only provides the .pc file and no real development files. My questions are quite simple: 1. Can we use a '%define _libdir %{libexecdir}? This would make the packages always install on /usr/lib (or as an alternative, '%define _libdir %{prefix}/lib'); 2. Why would we want to drop the .pc file on /usr/share? If we would use the macro above, shouldn't it also be sane to dump the .pc file on /usr/lib/pkgconfig ? 3. In the cases where we have a devel package only for the .pc file, could we merge it and have a 'Provides: %{name}-devel' ? I really would love to make the best possible for Banshee repositories, and sorting out this mono things would be something really cool. Any help/comments will be appreciated. NM -- 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-Gnome2-Wnck / perl-Gtk2-Uniqueq
by Sascha Manns 29 May '11

29 May '11

Hello Mates, actually i'm wondering whay such packages in devel:languages:perl are not building. The Logs are in http://bit.ly/kEGuXF and http://bit.ly/jbpf4b. It builds for all released Versions but not for Factory. Maybe anyone knows more? cu Sascha -- Sincerely Yours Sascha Manns open-slx Community & Support Agent openSUSE Membership Comitee openSUSE Marketing Team Web: http://saigkill.homelinux.net German Community Portal: http://community.open-slx.de -- 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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