On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 12:14 PM Michael J Gruber <m...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Alternatively, we (used to?) have several packages which need to clean > upstream sources before even committing them to the lookaside cache.
I do it for MariaDB for example, deleting part of the sources under unapproved licenses: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/mariadb/blob/rawhide/f/generate-modified-sources.sh Michal -- Michal Schorm Software Engineer Core Services - Databases Team Red Hat -- On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 12:14 PM Michael J Gruber <m...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > Am Mi., 10. Jan. 2024 um 11:39 Uhr schrieb Iñaki Ucar > <iu...@fedoraproject.org>: > > > > Hi, > > > > A package has its source code embedded as a subdirectory of a larger > > piece of software. Sometimes they publish this subdirectory as a > > separate tar as a release artifact, but sometimes they forget. > > > > To avoid depending on their memory (and opening an issue each time), I > > would like to simply download the full repo and produce the tar > > myself. How should I deal with this in the spec? (Note: building this > > subdir as a subpackage in the main one is not a good idea in this > > case, it's not an option). > > Hi, > > I assume you don't want to distribute the full tar and simply cd into > it the proper subdir during the build? That would be the easiest > solution. > > Alternatively, we (used to?) have several packages which need to clean > upstream sources before even committing them to the lookaside cache. > scribus comes to my mind, some crypto things were like that in the > past. What you typically do is: > - Write a simple script which mangles the upstream package.tar and > repackages it as package-free.tar or such. > - Add the script to dist-git. > - comment out the original source line in spec (and the signature if present) > - specify "source: package-free.tar" instead and comment on the use of > the script > - commit only package-free.tar to dist-git > > That way, everyone can reproduce the used source code from the > upstream source code if needed while we only have the actual used > source in dist-git (lookaside). > > Michael > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
