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Package installation failure and rollback options
I'm trying to understand how the creation of packages (rpm, deb, dpkg) work and what the architecture supports and doesn't.
Right now I struggle figuring out what happens when the installation or ...
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Could not execute mockbuild: Could not download sources
When writing a .spec file for Fedora, I ran into a problem. I can't seem to be able to do fedpkg mockbuild at all. No matter what source I use, HTTPS or local, I keep running into this error:
Failed ...
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If I do not care about debug support in red hat packages, what are the drawbacks of turning build-id support off in the specs file?
As a follow up on this question, what if I am not interested in having these debug features - how do I simply prevent these build-id files (debug info packages?) from being installed ? Ultimately I do ...
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Same RPM for multiples CentOS major versions
I've created a little bash script and build it into a RPM package.
This little bash script works very well on CentOS 5, CentOS 6 and CentOS 7 (and probably on CentOS 8, not checked)
My question is: Do ...
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Build RPM subpackages without a base package
According to a RPM documentation/guide (http://ftp.rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-rpm-subpack.html) one can use subpackages to build multiple RPM packages with a single SPEC file. In the mentioned link the ...
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How do I get around a transaction check error in an RPM that needs to overwrite a configuration file?
I'm packing something and the upstream provider clobbers a configuration file.
Transaction check error:
file /etc/acme-engine/acme-engine-fpm.conf from install of acme-1-74.1.el7.noarch conflicts ...
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How does pkg-config work in RPM specfiles?
In some RPM specfiles, I see lines like:
BuildRequires: pkgconfig(ice)
BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libnotify)
BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libssl)
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I am not very familiar with pkgconfig but I understand ...
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Rpmlint "use-tmp-in-%postun" error
rpmlint output:
E: use-tmp-in-%postun
Spec file:
%postun
rm -r /var/aci /tmp/aci_tmp 2> /dev/null
Also, I cant remove package
How I can remove directory in /tmp after or before uninstalling ...
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How does YUM decide which package is the best install candidate for a dependency when there are several options?
I have a package that I need to be compatible with openjdk 11 and oracle java 11. I'm trying to create a metapackage that can depend on openjdk java 11 or oracle java 11:
My openjdk metapackage spec ...
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How to create RPM for generic Perl module
I have a generic Perl module that will run on any release of Perl 5. I need to create an RPM for it that will install it into the vendor_perl subdirectory.
I don't want to create different RPMs for ...
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CentOS 7 - problem encountered with the set up of spec file during creation of RPM package
I'm aiming to translate a Debian package to an RPM package to install it on a CentOS Linux 7 (Red Hat).
I used alien to accomplish it: alien --to-rpm --scripts --keep-version --generate debian_pkg.deb....
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