How to create an RPM package: Revision history

19 September 2016

• curprev 15:2815:28, 19 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 67,233 bytes +1,126‎ More first steps, actually build a (useless) package.
• curprev 14:5214:52, 19 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 66,107 bytes +209‎ Note that we assume you can drive an editor and know how to build what you want to package.
• curprev 14:1214:12, 19 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 65,898 bytes −2,988‎ Begin a "first steps" section, nuke old section listing too much useless stuff.
• curprev 13:4613:46, 19 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 68,886 bytes −556‎ Fix usermod call; remove section about timestamps as we'll use spectool later to handle that.
• curprev 13:4313:43, 19 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 69,442 bytes +36‎ Redo introduction and disclaimer.
• curprev 02:5102:51, 19 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 69,406 bytes +572‎ Reorg terminology section.

17 September 2016

• curprev 19:1219:12, 17 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 68,834 bytes −1‎ The scriptlets page documents more than just "post scripts".

16 September 2016

• curprev 23:5323:53, 16 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 68,835 bytes +20‎ Add a bit of margin to the TOC.
• curprev 23:3823:38, 16 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 68,815 bytes +1‎ No edit summary
• curprev 23:3723:37, 16 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 68,814 bytes +1,215‎ Start adding terminology and use the package template.
• curprev 03:1603:16, 16 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,599 bytes +32‎ Better descrption of possible issues during this rewrite.

15 September 2016

• curprev 22:1322:13, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 67,567 bytes +287‎ More cleanup, add under construction notice.
• curprev 21:5521:55, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 67,280 bytes −32‎ Restructure and prepare to use fedpkg for everything.
• curprev 21:3921:39, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,312 bytes −1‎ "RPMs", not "RPM's".
• curprev 21:3921:39, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 67,313 bytes +63‎ Clean up a bit; fix grammar.
• curprev 21:3221:32, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 67,250 bytes +42‎ Correct some links, mention that the utilities used will also be Fedora-specific.
• curprev 21:2521:25, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 67,208 bytes −4‎ Mentioning F16 just makes the document seem ancient.
• curprev 21:2421:24, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ 67,212 bytes −35‎ Use license in example spec. Remove Group.
• curprev 21:2221:22, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,247 bytes 0‎ Use a better example for %attr, since you'll never use it if you're just installing with mode 644.
• curprev 21:2121:21, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,247 bytes −181‎ Just remove %caps altogether. It's pretty much never used.
• curprev 21:1321:13, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,428 bytes +134‎ Add reference for not installing to /opt. Note that systemd files can go in /usr/lib.
• curprev 20:5620:56, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,294 bytes −72‎ There is never any need to rm -rf the buildroot.
• curprev 20:4920:49, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,366 bytes −17‎ Use %make_build instead of make %{?_smp_mflags} to reduce line noise.
• curprev 20:4920:49, 15 September 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,383 bytes −9‎ Use %make_build instead of make %{?_smp_mflags} to reduce line noise.

22 June 2016

• curprev 15:1715:17, 22 June 2016‎ Markjszy talk contribs‎ m 67,392 bytes +5‎ No edit summary

23 May 2016

• curprev 12:5612:56, 23 May 2016‎ Dhanvi talk contribs‎ 67,387 bytes −30‎ →‎Preparing your system: made the install command in a single command to make it easy for copy paste

8 April 2016

• curprev 03:1703:17, 8 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ 67,417 bytes +11‎ →‎Macros: fixed documentation of %{buildroot} macro expansion
• curprev 00:4700:47, 8 April 2016‎ Zbyszek talk contribs‎ 67,406 bytes −223‎ →‎Mock and Koji: modernize release versions

4 April 2016

• curprev 04:4404:44, 4 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ m 67,629 bytes +1‎ →‎Templates: don't use shout with caps

3 April 2016

• curprev 19:3219:32, 3 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ m 67,628 bytes +4‎ →‎Templates: rewording
• curprev 19:3119:31, 3 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ m 67,624 bytes +15‎ →‎Templates: clarification
• curprev 19:3019:30, 3 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ 67,609 bytes +263‎ →‎Templates: discourage creation of .spec templates with vim or emacs. use the method recommended by the packaging guidelines.
• curprev 17:1217:12, 3 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ m 67,346 bytes +5‎ →‎SPEC file overview: minor rewording
• curprev 17:1117:11, 3 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ 67,341 bytes +51‎ →‎SPEC file overview: clarified instructions for doubling % symbols in front of commented macros.

2 April 2016

• curprev 22:5122:51, 2 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ 67,290 bytes +25‎ →‎%build section: redirect broken link to archive.org address
• curprev 20:0920:09, 2 April 2016‎ Sudoman talk contribs‎ m 67,265 bytes −1‎ →‎SPEC file overview: fixed external link

24 February 2016

• curprev 01:0701:07, 24 February 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,266 bytes 0‎ Oops.
• curprev 01:0601:06, 24 February 2016‎ Tibbs talk contribs‎ m 67,266 bytes −7‎ Renamed ScriptletSnippets page.

22 February 2016

• curprev 18:5418:54, 22 February 2016‎ Mbooth talk contribs‎ 67,273 bytes +49‎ Remove link to obsolete how-to and include link to mock building instead.

14 January 2016

• curprev 16:0716:07, 14 January 2016‎ Cstratak talk contribs‎ 67,224 bytes +38‎ →‎The basics of building RPM packages

2 January 2016

• curprev 23:5823:58, 2 January 2016‎ Suraia talk contribs‎ m 67,186 bytes −32‎ %license should now be used

11 December 2015

• curprev 16:2716:27, 11 December 2015‎ Arlion talk contribs‎ 67,218 bytes −23‎ →‎%build section
• curprev 16:2616:26, 11 December 2015‎ Arlion talk contribs‎ 67,241 bytes +40‎ →‎%build section

13 November 2015

• curprev 02:0202:02, 13 November 2015‎ Msk61 talk contribs‎ m 67,201 bytes +1‎ fixing a typo

12 November 2015

• curprev 22:3122:31, 12 November 2015‎ Msk61 talk contribs‎ m 67,200 bytes +7‎ fixing a broken link

8 September 2015

• curprev 03:2303:23, 8 September 2015‎ Paradoxguitarist talk contribs‎ 67,193 bytes +291‎ →‎Helpful tools

15 August 2015

• curprev 22:4422:44, 15 August 2015‎ Vjancik talk contribs‎ m 66,902 bytes +18‎ Moved the file Copying from %doc to %license and added a %license LICENSE example in %files, which is the required practice for all Fedora packages.

25 July 2015

• curprev 19:4719:47, 25 July 2015‎ Marbu talk contribs‎ m 66,884 bytes +105‎ add note about rpmsign

19 July 2015

• curprev 21:0421:04, 19 July 2015‎ Frafra talk contribs‎ 66,779 bytes −2‎ →‎SPEC file overview: fixed path to GROUPS file
• curprev 20:2520:25, 19 July 2015‎ Marbu talk contribs‎ 66,781 bytes −64‎ update examples to use dnf instead of yum

21 May 2015

• curprev 17:1117:11, 21 May 2015‎ Seanaroberts talk contribs‎ 66,845 bytes +27‎ →‎Preparing your system

13 November 2014

• curprev 03:0303:03, 13 November 2014‎ Matthewcline talk contribs‎ 66,818 bytes +181‎ →‎%files prefixes: Mention the %caps macro for POSIX capabilities

17 October 2014

• curprev 18:3918:39, 17 October 2014‎ Sundaram talk contribs‎ 66,637 bytes −14‎ note on %make_install

13 October 2014

• curprev 19:4919:49, 13 October 2014‎ Kalev talk contribs‎ 66,651 bytes −188‎ →‎%install section: Don't suggest overriding install

4 October 2014

• curprev 06:2106:21, 4 October 2014‎ Msuchy talk contribs‎ 66,839 bytes +196‎ →‎Helpful tools

19 September 2014

• curprev 15:0415:04, 19 September 2014‎ Alanfranz talk contribs‎ m 66,643 bytes +355‎ Add info on another useful tool

27 April 2014

• curprev 05:1405:14, 27 April 2014‎ Daveisfera talk contribs‎ m 66,288 bytes −1‎ Fixing the link to the packages that can be excluded from the BuildRequires list

5 March 2014

• curprev 17:5317:53, 5 March 2014‎ Sundaram talk contribs‎ 66,289 bytes +98‎ suggest using %autosetup unless %setup is specifically required

19 December 2013

• curprev 20:4120:41, 19 December 2013‎ Jamesnz talk contribs‎ 66,191 bytes +1‎ →‎%prep section: %patch commands: Corrected the diff command to run recursively.

6 December 2013

• curprev 17:2617:26, 6 December 2013‎ Gomix talk contribs‎ 66,190 bytes 0‎ →‎The basics of building RPM packages: %check occurs after %install afaik

12 September 2013

• curprev 14:3914:39, 12 September 2013‎ Mschwendt talk contribs‎ 66,190 bytes −14‎ %check is run after %install as it may test files in %buildroot
• curprev 14:3814:38, 12 September 2013‎ Mschwendt talk contribs‎ 66,204 bytes 0‎ %check is run after %install as it may test files in %buildroot
• curprev 14:3714:37, 12 September 2013‎ Mschwendt talk contribs‎ 66,204 bytes +43‎ %check is run after %install as it may test files in %buildroot

24 August 2013

• curprev 00:2700:27, 24 August 2013‎ Jamesnz talk contribs‎ m 66,161 bytes 0‎ Changed misspelling of 'failed'.

13 August 2013

• curprev 09:3409:34, 13 August 2013‎ Mschwendt talk contribs‎ 66,161 bytes +204‎ bodhi handles koji buildroot override requests nowadays

6 August 2013

• curprev 09:2809:28, 6 August 2013‎ Scop talk contribs‎ 65,957 bytes −9‎ →‎%files prefixes: %doc related updates

31 July 2013

• curprev 21:1721:17, 31 July 2013‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ 65,966 bytes +100‎ →‎Testing binary RPMS with rpmlint: add link to common rpmlint issues page

17 May 2013

• curprev 02:0902:09, 17 May 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ 65,866 bytes +95‎ →‎%check section

30 March 2013

• curprev 02:1402:14, 30 March 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 65,771 bytes +32‎ →‎Macros

26 March 2013

• curprev 22:1722:17, 26 March 2013‎ Axilleas talk contribs‎ m 65,739 bytes +1‎ →‎Create binary RPMS from the SPEC file: added missing double quotes
• curprev 22:1022:10, 26 March 2013‎ Axilleas talk contribs‎ m 65,738 bytes +33‎ →‎Macros: fixed RPM Guide url
• curprev 21:5321:53, 26 March 2013‎ Axilleas talk contribs‎ m 65,705 bytes −2‎ →‎Scriptlets: typo
• curprev 20:5020:50, 26 March 2013‎ Axilleas talk contribs‎ m 65,707 bytes +1‎ →‎%files basics: typo

23 March 2013

• curprev 06:1906:19, 23 March 2013‎ Axilleas talk contribs‎ m 65,706 bytes 0‎ →‎Reuse existing package information: fixed yum command to run as root

7 March 2013

• curprev 05:3705:37, 7 March 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ 65,706 bytes +211‎ →‎Preparing your system
• curprev 03:4503:45, 7 March 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 65,495 bytes +191‎ →‎Introduction

6 March 2013

• curprev 12:1112:11, 6 March 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 65,304 bytes +60‎ →‎Creating a SPEC file
• curprev 11:4011:40, 6 March 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ 65,244 bytes +471‎ →‎Introduction

1 March 2013

• curprev 09:2409:24, 1 March 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 64,773 bytes 0‎ →‎SPEC file overview
• curprev 09:1709:17, 1 March 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 64,773 bytes +98‎ →‎SPEC file overview

25 February 2013

• curprev 04:0404:04, 25 February 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 64,675 bytes +31‎ →‎Reuse existing package information
• curprev 02:3202:32, 25 February 2013‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 64,644 bytes +425‎ →‎Guidelines and rules

29 September 2012

• curprev 09:5409:54, 29 September 2012‎ Kparal talk contribs‎ m 64,219 bytes 0‎ fix parentheses
• curprev 09:1109:11, 29 September 2012‎ Kparal talk contribs‎ 64,219 bytes −1‎ auto-buildrequires: mention rather a package name than a command name (so it doesn't have to be reverse searched by yum)

28 August 2012

• curprev 10:5310:53, 28 August 2012‎ Ibotty talk contribs‎ 64,220 bytes −3‎ fix link to fedora packages' git repositories

9 August 2012

• curprev 04:5904:59, 9 August 2012‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ m 64,223 bytes 0‎ Format fix

7 August 2012

• curprev 07:5007:50, 7 August 2012‎ Kiernan talk contribs‎ m 64,223 bytes −4‎ Fixed typo in dead hyperlink

29 July 2012

• curprev 10:3710:37, 29 July 2012‎ Bioinfornatics talk contribs‎ m 64,227 bytes +238‎ →‎SPEC file overview: group tag deprecated

15 June 2012

• curprev 03:5503:55, 15 June 2012‎ Bodhizazen talk contribs‎ 63,989 bytes +65‎ No edit summary

25 March 2012

• curprev 17:5917:59, 25 March 2012‎ Cmr talk contribs‎ m 63,924 bytes −1‎ fixed some formatting

5 March 2012

• curprev 15:5315:53, 5 March 2012‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ 63,925 bytes 0‎ →‎Licensing

25 February 2012

• curprev 16:2016:20, 25 February 2012‎ Cicku talk contribs‎ 63,925 bytes +30‎ →‎Reuse existing package information

8 February 2012

• curprev 23:3323:33, 8 February 2012‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ m 63,895 bytes +38‎ add Anchor template
• curprev 23:0823:08, 8 February 2012‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ m 63,857 bytes −265‎ →‎For more information: remove broken links
• curprev 23:0023:00, 8 February 2012‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ 64,122 bytes −24‎ →‎Maintaining the package
• curprev 22:5722:57, 8 February 2012‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ 64,146 bytes +1‎ →‎Guidelines and rules
• curprev 22:5722:57, 8 February 2012‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ m 64,145 bytes −587‎ →‎Guidelines and rules
• curprev 22:5222:52, 8 February 2012‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ 64,732 bytes −779‎ reorganize subheadings
• curprev 22:2322:23, 8 February 2012‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ 65,511 bytes −436‎ →‎An example: eject: update example SPEC
• curprev 22:2022:20, 8 February 2012‎ Jamielinux talk contribs‎ m 65,947 bytes −206‎ →‎Getting ready to package a particular program