[lug] Looking for an example spec file

[Aaron Nichols]

Have you looked at existing Source RPM packages to see if those would
contain the examples you need?

Aaron

On 6/30/09, Kenneth D. Weinert <kenw at quarter-flash.com> wrote:
> As I mentioned in an earlier question, I'm looking to create RPMs to
> make it easier to install on machines here at work.
>
> I have the situation where I have a shared library and I have two
> questions about things that I'm not quite understanding, so pointers to
> examples (in the doc, I've been reading Max RPM - but any pointers are
> fine) or an example file would be greatly appreciated.
>
> First off, when the shared lib is installed, at the moment I have the
> Makefile creating the links (liba.so.1.0.0 -> liba.so.1.0, etc) but
> rpmbuild complained about that. Due to the version information I'm not
> sure how I'd go about doing that in the %post actions (presuming that's
> where it would happen) or exactly how to arrange that.
>
> The second thing is that I need to have a -devel package to go with this
> shared lib. Since there's only one build section I'm not quite sure how
> to manage that.  Right now in the Makefile I have both an install and an
> install-devel target. This might not be the proper way to do this either.
>
> Any assistance from the more experienced packagers will be greatly
> appreciated. Pointers/examples/whatever :)
>
> I've been developing and building software for a long time, but mostly
> only worrying about one machine or work rules that had us just copying
> files. I'm trying to do it correctly with this new effort to help avoid
> some of the issues that have come with that approach (like: are you
> *sure* you copied the right file *and* the new library and put them in
> the right place?)
>
> If there's a list/irc for packagers that are tolerant of folks just
> learning how it works I'd appreciate knowing about them as well.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Ken
> We're all only one mistake away from stupidity.
>
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