spec file for rpms / rpms for AARCH64?

[Tina Friedrich]

Hello,

are the spec files used to build the cfengine-community rpm available
somewhere? (Or source rpms?) I'm trying to install it on a AlmaLinux 9.3
based AARCH64 machine - and there are no packages for that :(

I've downloaded the source & tried to build it - configure/make works
with no issues, so I'm hopeful. But I'd obviously prefer to have an RPM
for it Before I attempt to write a spec file, I thought I'd ask...

Tina

[Nick Anderson]

Hello,

are the spec files used to build the cfengine-community rpm available somewhere? (Or source rpms?) I'm trying to install it on a AlmaLinux 9.3 based AARCH64 machine - and there are no packages for that :(

I've downloaded the source & tried to build it - configure/make works with no issues, so I'm hopeful. But I'd obviously prefer to have an RPM for it Before I attempt to write a spec file, I thought I'd ask…

Hi Tina,

There is this in the buildscripts repo. Alternatively I think you can use rpmrebuild to get the spec from a binary package. There was some internal discussion about building rpms for aarch64 (like we do for apt) but no work is currently scheduled for that.

Does that help?

[Tina Friedrich]

Hi Nick,

that certainly looks like it might :) I thought I'm probably just too
blind to find it.

I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow.

Tina

On 14/02/2024 18:24, 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine wrote:
> Hello,
>
> are the spec files used to build the cfengine-community rpm
> available somewhere? (Or source rpms?) I'm trying to install it on a
> AlmaLinux 9.3 based AARCH64 machine - and there are no packages for
> that :(
>
> I've downloaded the source & tried to build it - configure/make
> works with no issues, so I'm hopeful. But I'd obviously prefer to
> have an RPM for it Before I attempt to write a spec file, I thought
> I'd ask…
>
> Hi Tina,
>
> There is this

> <https://github.com/cfengine/buildscripts/blob/master/packaging/cfengine-community/cfengine-community.spec.in> in the buildscripts repo. Alternatively I think you can use rpmrebuild to get the spec from a binary package. There was some internal discussion about building rpms for aarch64 (like we do for apt) but no work is currently scheduled for that.
>
> Does that help?
>
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[Jerome Jean Verleyen]

Hi all.

I'm in the same situation about compile cfengine 3.27.1 for some arm64 servers. I try tu use the cfengine-community.spec.in file, but it need some process to be ready as a "spec" file. Maybe a autogen.sh execution? 

Somenone could help me about this transformation? 

Or i have to follwing the process of "buildscripts" at the beginning? 

Regards

[craig.c...@northern.tech]

If you use the instructions in the README then the spec.in file will be used properly.

https://github.com/cfengine/buildscripts/blob/master/README.md

The script that handles the spec.in file is build-scripts/package and here's a link to where it is used: https://github.com/cfengine/buildscripts/blob/master/build-scripts/package#L225

You will need some pre-requisites on your build host. Something similar to what the README mentions for debian-based distributions:

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apt update -y
apt upgrade -y
apt install -y git autoconf automake m4 make bison flex binutils libtool gcc g++ libc-dev libpam0g-dev python3 psmisc libtokyocabinet-dev libssl-dev libpcre2-dev default-jre-headless build-essential fakeroot ntp dpkg-dev debhelper pkg-config nfs-common sudo apt-utils wget libncurses5 rsync libexpat1-dev libexpat1 curl
apt purge -y emacs emacs24 libltdl-dev libltdl7

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If you can run the following steps on an arm64 build host you should be able to build RPMs. From the README.md file:

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Get the cfengine source code:

mkdir $HOME/cfengine
cd $HOME/cfengine
git clone --recursive --depth 1 https://github.com/cfengine/core
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cfengine/buildscripts
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cfengine/masterfiles
Set some environment variables:

export NO_CONFIGURE=1
export PROJECT=community
export BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG
export EXPLICIT_ROLE=agent
Execute the build steps and see that packages are generated:

./buildscripts/build-scripts/autogen
./buildscripts/build-scripts/clean-buildmachine
./buildscripts/build-scripts/install-dependencies
./buildscripts/build-scripts/configure
./buildscripts/build-scripts/compile
./buildscripts/build-scripts/package

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