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--- linux_wiki:rpm_building [2015/10/23 16:46]
billdozor [Mock to Test Dependencies]
+++ linux_wiki:rpm_building [2019/05/25 23:50] (current)
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 How to create RPM packages from source files.
+Resources:
+  * [[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package]]
+  * [[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Using_Mock_to_test_package_builds]]
 **Checklist**
-  * Distro: Enterprise Linux 6.x
+  * Distro(s): Enterprise Linux 6
 ----
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 ====== Setup Build Environment ======
-  * Add the [[linux_wiki:epel_repo|EPEL Repo]].
+  * Add the [[linux_wiki:repos#epel|EPEL repo]].
   * Install packages
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 Download source files, place a copy in rpmbuild's SOURCES directory.
-  * Download the Xymon tar file
+  * Download the Xymon tar file<code bash>wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xymon/Xymon/4.3.21/xymon-4.3.21.tar.gz</code>
-    * <code bash>wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xymon/Xymon/4.3.21/xymon-4.3.21.tar.gz</code>
+  * Extract<code bash>tar -zxvf xymon-4.3.21.tar.gz</code>
-  * Extract
+  * Copy the original tar file into rpmbuild's SOURCES<code bash>cp ~/xymon-4.3.21.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/</code>
-    * <code bash>tar -zxvf xymon-4.3.21.tar.gz</code>
+  * Copy all files but "xymon.spec" from the xymon-4.3.21/rpm directory into SOURCES<code bash>cp ~/xymon-4.3.21/rpm/xymon-client* ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
-  * Copy the original tar file into rpmbuild's SOURCES
-    * <code bash>cp ~/xymon-4.3.21.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/</code>
-  * Copy all files but "xymon.spec" from the xymon-4.3.21/rpm directory into SOURCES
-    * <code bash>cp ~/xymon-4.3.21/rpm/xymon-client* ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 cp ~/xymon-4.3.21/rpm/xymon-init.d ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 cp ~/xymon-4.3.21/rpm/xymon.logrotate ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/</code>
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 Summary: My Custom Scripts
 License: GPL+
-URL: www.mysite.com
+Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-SOURCE0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 %description
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 mkdir -p %{buildroot}
 cp -a * %{buildroot}
+# clean => remove files from buildrootdir; redundant in Fedora, EPEL still requires this
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
 # files => set file permissions, owner, group, and what files/dirs to include
-# %attr(<mode>, <user>, <group>) file
 %files
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/myscripts
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 ====== Mock to Test Dependencies ======
+  * **More Details**: [[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Using_Mock_to_test_package_builds]]
+\\
 Mock is used to rebuild binary RPMs from source RPMs in a clean environment to ensure you are not missing any dependencies in your SPEC file.
+\\
 Install mock
-<code bash>yum install mock</code>
+<code bash>
+yum install mock
+</code>
+\\
 Add user to the mock group
-<code bash>usermod -a -G mock builder</code>
+<code bash>
+usermod -a -G mock builder
+</code>
+\\
 Set default mock config of the type of repos you are building for (ie EPEL 6, Fedora 23, etc)
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 </code>
+\\
 Go to where your source RPMs were built and run mock against that package
 <code bash>
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 </code>
+\\
 Results location is displayed (/var/lib/mock/epel-6-x86_64/result/) in the above example.
 <code bash>