On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 03:20:08PM -0700, Ansis Atteka wrote: > Mention: > 1. that these instructions have been tested with Fedora 22. > 2. dependencies that need to be installed on Fedora 22. Otherwise, > rpmbuild command simply fails. > 3. that rpmdev-setuptree utility can be used to create rpmbuild > directory under $HOME, if one doesn't exist already. > 4. directory where rpm packages that were just built can be found. > 5. mention SElinux implications that could prevent OVS from starting, > if not using designated OVS directories. > > Signed-off-by: Ansis Atteka <aatt...@nicira.com> > --- > INSTALL.Fedora.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/INSTALL.Fedora.md b/INSTALL.Fedora.md > index 75b6375..02d99be 100644 > --- a/INSTALL.Fedora.md > +++ b/INSTALL.Fedora.md > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch > on a Fedora > Linux host. If you want to install Open vSwitch on a generic Linux host, > see [INSTALL.md] instead. > > -We have tested these instructions with Fedora 16 and Fedora 17. > +We have tested these instructions with Fedora 16, Fedora 17 and Fedora 22.
I am maintaining OVS on F21, F22, F23 and F24. I don't know the current state of F16 and F17 though the RPM instructions should be the same. > Building Open vSwitch for Fedora > -------------------------------- > @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ the top-level: > 4. SPECS/ Contains the spec files for each package to be built. > 5. SRPMS/ Where the newly created source package files are written. > > +If these directories do not exist on your system by default (as in Fedora > 22), > +then use rpmdev-setuptree utility to create them. > + > Before you begin, note the RPM sources directory on your version of > Fedora. The command "rpmbuild --showrc" will show the configuration > for each of those directories. Alternatively, the command "rpm --eval > @@ -30,7 +33,16 @@ for the sources directory. On Fedora 17, the default RPM > _topdir is > $HOME/rpmbuild and the default RPM sources directory is > $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES. > > -1. If you are building from a distribution tarball, skip to step 2. > +1. Install build prerequisites with dnf (or yum on older Fedora versions): > + > + ``` > + dnf install gcc make python-devel openssl-devel kernel-devel graphviz \ > + kernel-debug-devel autoconf automake rpm-build redhat-rpm-config \ > + libtool pyqt4 groff libcap-ng-devel python-twisted-core \ > + python-zope-interface > + ``` > + I am not sure if that list is complete. I use yum-builddep <spec> to install all the build requisites. The nice thing about it is that when libcap-ng-devel deps was added, the documentation would remain updated. For dnf I think it's dnf builddep --spec <spec> > +2. If you are building from a distribution tarball, skip to step 2. > Otherwise, you must be building from an Open vSwitch Git tree. > Create a distribution tarball from the root of the Git tree by > running: > @@ -41,21 +53,22 @@ $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES. > make dist > ``` > > -2. Now you have a distribution tarball, named something like > +3. Now you have a distribution tarball, named something like > openvswitch-x.y.z.tar.gz. Copy this file into the RPM sources > directory, e.g.: > > `cp openvswitch-x.y.z.tar.gz $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES` > > -3. Make another copy of the distribution tarball in a temporary > +4. Make another copy of the distribution tarball in a temporary > directory. Then unpack the tarball and "cd" into its root, e.g.: > > ``` > + cd $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES You need to change the text above because it says to make a copy somewhere else, and here you are using SOURCES/ > tar xzf openvswitch-x.y.z.tar.gz > cd openvswitch-x.y.z > ``` > > -4. To build Open vSwitch userspace, run: > +5. To build Open vSwitch userspace, run: > > `rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec` > > @@ -66,7 +79,7 @@ $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES. > > `rpmbuild -bb --without check rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec` > > -5. On Fedora 17, to build the Open vSwitch kernel module, run: > +6. On Fedora 17, to build the Open vSwitch kernel module, run: > > `rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch-kmod-fedora.spec` > > @@ -83,6 +96,14 @@ $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES. > in this example: "kmod-openvswitch", "kmod-openvswitch-debug", and > "kmod-openvswitch-kdump". > > +7. Find the created packages in $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS directory. > + > +Fedora based distributions nowadays ship with SElinux enabled in enforcing > mode > +by default. This means that, if you have problems starting Open vSwitch, > then > +first check that Open vSwitch is configured to run inside its SElinux > confined > +area. For more details see "man (8) openvswitch_selinux" that is distributed > +with selinux-policy-devel package on your distribution. > + makes sense. fbl > Reporting Bugs > -------------- > > -- > 2.1.4 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
