User:Baard/Yum Emerge

This is a draft

The goal

• $ yum emerge

  • srpm download && rebuild using make options
    • kernel .config
    • sub-packages
    • requires (strip)
    • buildrequires (strip)
    • configure opts
    • patches++ (secondary)
  • install new binary rpm

• the goal is to have and keep a closed and custom compiled RPMdB for applications

ms #1

• yum emerge foo
  • rebuild foo
  • install foo

ms #2

• yum emerge foo
  • rebuild foo in mock
  • install foo

ms #3

• yum emerge foo
  • rebuild foo --without-bar
    • strip requires
    • strip buildrequires
    • rebuild srpm
    • build in mock
  • install foo

ms #4

• yum emerge foo
  • download srpm
  • install srpm
  • edit spec to include Patchx: header and %PatchX macro
  • rebuild foo (like ms #3)
  • install foo

ms #5

• yum emerge foo
  • download srpm
  • install srpm
  • edit foo
  • rebuild (like ms#4)
  • use new binary rpm to resolve immediate deps
  • for dep in deps: (first search relevant srpm,misc.unique())
    • download srpm
    • edit rebuild
    • for dep in deps: ...

ms #6

• yum emerge foo where foo has subpackages
  • handle them somehow ...

oneliners

rpmquery --specfile --qf="%{NAME}\n" wireshark.spec | grep -E "^wireshark$" | xargs -n 1 -I{} repoquery --requires --qf="%{NAME}\n" "{}" | xargs -n 1 -I{} repoquery --whatprovides --qf="%{NAME}\n" "{}" | sort | uniq