Hallo. I collected several issues you may find during the prefix move to /usr. Contents General rules Files which require special care Obsolete package Obsolete directories Files which should not appear in file list Multiple directory ownership and unowned directories libtool error /opt/gnome/lib/libfoo.la not found Missing icon error General rules You can consult any core GNOME package, if you need an example of a simple spec file. Use as small BuildRequires as possible Watch pc and libtool linking and add correct -devel dependencies. Split out gtk-doc developer documentation to -doc subpackage. Prefer %configure, which already covers many path specifiers and also includes basic CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS. Remove all obsolete configure options. Prevent all force actions (e. g. rm -rf). These actions never fail and probably will remain in the spec file years after they become obsolete. Use %suse_update_desktop_file for all installed icons to allow in-house translation (Factory packages only). Do not use rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT in install, it opens a security hole. If your patch contains new strings, ask for including to gnome-patch-translation project. Watch carefully, whether the Norwegian hack does not overwrite up-to-date nb.po by outdated no.po. Files which require special care %{_datadir}/mime/packages/*.xml Following scriptlets are needed: %post if test -x usr/bin/update-mime-database ; then usr/bin/update-mime-database usr/share/mime >/dev/null fi %postun if test -x usr/bin/update-mime-database ; then usr/bin/update-mime-database usr/share/mime >/dev/null fi %{_datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo %{_datadir}/gnome/help/* Following modification are needed: %install ... %find_lang foo %files -f foo.lang and exclude files from explicitly listed files Where foo is %{name} or other string depending on base name. For more base names: %find_lang foo %find_lang foo2 foo.lang %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/*.schemas Following modification are needed: Build system requires: gconf2-devel Preamble: %gconf_schemas_prereq %install ... %find_gconf_schemas or %def_gconf_schemas subpackage1 %add_gconf_schemas schemas_name1 %add_gconf_schemas schemas_name2 %def_gconf_schemas subpackage2 %add_gconf_schemas schemas_name3 %add_gconf_schemas schemas_name4 %end_gconf_schemas schemas names are without path and suffix %pre -f %{name}.schemas_pre %preun -f %{name}.schemas_preun %posttrans -f %{name}.schemas_posttrans %files -f %{name}.schemas_list or %files -f subpackage.schemas_list and exclude files from explicitly listed files In case of more -f needed for one %files: %install ... %find_gconf_schemas %find_lang %{name} cat %{name}.schemas_list %{name}.lang >%{name}.lst ... %files -f %{name}.lst Obsolete package gnome-filesystem This package will be dropped. Directories from it was moved to filesystem or to the package, where it logically belongs. Later there will be created compatibility package for third party packages in /opt/gnome. Obsolete directories %{_datadir}/mime-info %{_datadir}/application-registry These directories are part of obsolete GNOME MIME Info used by GNOME1 and early GNOME2. You should covert it to shared mime info: Consult /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml. If your MIME type is already there, delete these directories. If not, you have to create MIME description. Call mime-info-to-mime and the delete old contents. As an example see devhelp, gnome-pilot,... Edit resulting xml file and attach it to the bug report to upstream ("Use Shared MIME Info instead of obsolete GNOME MIME Info"). I can send you an automake templates for it. %{_datadir}/gnome/apps Part of GNOME1 menu system. Move it to %{_datadir}/applications, add Categories entry and report to upstream. %{_prefix}/lib/gnome-applets Change it to --libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib/gnome-panel, which better fits to package name, where it technically belongs. %{_datadir}/mime with exception of %{_datadir}/mime/packages/*.xml These files are auto generated and created by mistake and must never appear in file list. Use --disable-update-mimedb (if implemented) or delete them. See "Special files which require scriptlets" above. %{_libdir}/path/*.*a If "path" is not listed in the *.pc or *-config file, these files are most probably obsolete and should be removed. %{_libdir}/executable or %{_libdir}/path/executable These paths are bi-arch unaware and may cause bi-arch problems. If it is not an upstream problem, you are probably missing --libexecdir. Use --libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib or --libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib/%{name} depending on installed path (choose the shortest one which does not install executables directly to %{_prefix}/lib). For GNOME panel applets you can use also --libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib/gnome-panel. Files which should not appear in file list %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas Use %find_gconf_schemas instead of explicit listing %{_datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo %{_datadir}/gnome/help/* Use %find_lang Multiple directory ownership and unowned directories We are trying to avoid multiple directory ownership as much as possible. Some directories were moved to particular packages. To fulfil directory ownership requirement, you have to add this package to BuildRequires and Requires. If you believe that it is not logical in your case, please contact GNOME team or add "# FIXME: Strange directory ownership" comment to your spec file. If you believe that your package is a good candidate for multiple directory ownership (e. g. you provide branding or module and not require package itself), include directory itself to ownership and comment the reason in the spec file. libtool error /opt/gnome/lib/libfoo.la not found This error most probably means, that one of library providing package was not properly recompiled with libraries in the new location. To find the library, grep /opt/gnome/lib/libfoo.la /usr/lib/*.la /opt/gnome/lib/*.la. Missing icon error If you get a missing icon error, you should most probably link icon from %{_datadir}/icons to %{_datadir}/pixmaps. Choose 48x48, if not possible, use largest smaller or svg file and link it to %{_datadir}/pixmaps. mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/pixmaps ln -s ../icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/foo.png $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/pixmaps/ In case the path begins with icons/hicolor, it's OK and this hack should disapper once we will be sure, that all desktop menu systems are aware of icons. In case the path does not begin with icons/hicolor (e. g. begins by icons/gnome, report issue as an upstream bug. -- Best Regards / S pozdravem, Stanislav Brabec software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: sbrabec@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@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org