On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Michael Schwendt <mschwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 11:06:18 +0100, arnaud gaboury wrote:
>
>> >> doubt is how deep I shall go in lisiting
>> >> direcrories/subdirectories/files.
>
>> >> What I would do is this:
>> >>
>> >> %files
>> >>
>> >> %{_libdir}/%{name}/bin/pandoc/ <--- dir
>> >> %{_libdir}/%{name}/bin/postback/ <---- dir
>> >> %{_libdir}/%{name}/bin/r-ldpath <----- file
>> >> %{_libdir}/%{name}/bin/rpostback <---- file
>> >
>> > ERRATA:
>> >>
>> >> %{_libdir}%{name}/bin/pandoc/ <--- dir
>> >> %{_libdir}%{name}/bin/postback/ <---- dir
>> >> %{_libdir}%{name}/bin/r-ldpath <----- file
>> >> %{_libdir}%{name}/bin/rpostback <---- file
>> >>
>> >> etc with all files
>
>> In fact, I just did this and it build fine:
>>
>> %files
>> %defattr(-, root, root, -)
>> %{_libdir}/%{name}/*
>> %{_localstatedir}/*
>> %{_sysconfdir}/*
>
> More correct would be
>
> %files
> %{_libdir}/%{name}/
> %{_localstatedir}/*
> %{_sysconfdir}/*
>
> to include also %{_libdir}/%{name} and not only its contents. The trailing
> slash
> on the path name is purely cosmetic, however:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:UnownedDirectories
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#File_and_Directory_Ownership
>
>> When looking at various spec files from Fedora repo, I can't see such
>> method.
>
> Then you've looked at the wrong spec files. Not all are good examples.
>
>> Most spec files contain a very long list of files. Why? Is
>> there any reason not to use /* ?
>
> It depends. Explicitly including individual files requires the buildroot
> to contain exactly the specified file. That can serve as a guard against
> incomplete builds. Else, extra file existance checks in %install or %check
> would be needed for similar protection. On the contrary, including entire
> directory trees can lead to including too many files in the wrong
> sub-packages or including added contents accidentally.
Very clear. Thank you so much.
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