Passing configure options to an SRPM
Tahir Hashmi
How do I pass a configure option thru an SRPM? I want to do something
analogous to:
$ ./configure --enable-foo
with the source rpm while doing a rebuild. Also, how do I examine the
contents of an SRPM?
TIA
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ne...
> Hi All!
>
> How do I pass a configure option thru an SRPM? I want to do something
> analogous to:
> $ ./configure --enable-foo
> with the source rpm while doing a rebuild. Also, how do I examine the
> contents of an SRPM?
the src.rpm ( rpm -i foo.src.rpm). The go to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS, if you
use RH and examine the foo.spec file. You can even edit it. The build
foo.rpm using the editted foo.spec file. But first man rpm.
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Tahir Hashmi
> On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 at 13:10 GMT, Tahir Hashmi eloquently wrote:
> > Hi All!
> >
> > How do I pass a configure option thru an SRPM? I want to do something
> > analogous to:
> > $ ./configure --enable-foo
> > with the source rpm while doing a rebuild. Also, how do I examine the
> > contents of an SRPM?
> First you need to man rpm to learn about the options rpm has. Next install
> the src.rpm ( rpm -i foo.src.rpm). The go to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS, if you
> use RH and examine the foo.spec file. You can even edit it. The build
> foo.rpm using the editted foo.spec file. But first man rpm.
OK, here's what I did:
$ rpm -i foo.src.rpm
edited the following in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/foo.spec :
%build
./configure --prefix=%{prefix} --enable-xft <-- I added --enable-xft
myself
make
and then did this:
$ rpmbuild --rebuild foo.src.rpm
# rpm -i foo.rpm
The configure option didn't seem to have any effect. Am I making some
mistake in rebuilding and installation or somewhere else?
Juha Laiho
>OK, here's what I did:
>
>$ rpm -i foo.src.rpm
>
>edited the following in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/foo.spec :
>
>%build
>./configure --prefix=%{prefix} --enable-xft <-- I added --enable-xft
>myself
>make
>
>and then did this:
>
>$ rpmbuild --rebuild foo.src.rpm
># rpm -i foo.rpm
>
>The configure option didn't seem to have any effect. Am I making some
>mistake in rebuilding and installation or somewhere else?
I think, if you now go and look at the .spec file, your changes are lost
(it seems to me that using that format of rpmbuild, rpmbuild will start
by extracting the source rpm - including the spec file).
First, check that your changes in the spec file are still there - and
repeat them, if they're not. Then try with
rpmbuild --rebuild /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/foo.spec
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> "ne..." <aka...@directvinternet.com.invalid> wrote...
> > On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 at 13:10 GMT, Tahir Hashmi eloquently wrote:
> > > Hi All!
> > >
> > > How do I pass a configure option thru an SRPM? I want to do something
> > > analogous to:
> > > $ ./configure --enable-foo
> > > with the source rpm while doing a rebuild. Also, how do I examine the
> > > contents of an SRPM?
> > First you need to man rpm to learn about the options rpm has. Next
install
> > the src.rpm ( rpm -i foo.src.rpm). The go to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS, if
you
> > use RH and examine the foo.spec file. You can even edit it. The build
> > foo.rpm using the editted foo.spec file. But first man rpm.
>
> OK, here's what I did:
>
> $ rpm -i foo.src.rpm
>
> edited the following in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/foo.spec :
>
> %build
> ./configure --prefix=%{prefix} --enable-xft <-- I added --enable-xft
> myself
> make
>
> and then did this:
>
> $ rpmbuild --rebuild foo.src.rpm
> # rpm -i foo.rpm
Hold it right there! You just blew away your editing!
You need to use "rpmbuild -bp /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/foo.spec" to take
advantage of your editing.