Bug 11095

Summary: Bad exit status from ... %prep
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: C. Ray Ng <crn1>
Component: rpmAssignee: Jeff Johnson <jbj>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
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Version: 6.0   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.3ware.co.jp/ (sorry, Japanes only)
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Description C. Ray Ng 2000-04-28 13:56:57 UTC
When source tree includes symbolic link which points non-existent file
and its owner/group is not root, automatically generated script for prep
stage fails at chgrp line.

This bug can be resolved either adding h option to the chgrp command or
specifying "root.root" option to the chown command.  A patch I created is
attached below for your info.


diff -uNr rpm-3.0.2.orig/macros.in rpm-3.0.2/macros.in
--- rpm-3.0.2.orig/macros.in    Sat May 15 03:59:43 1999
+++ rpm-3.0.2/macros.in Fri Apr 28 21:07:55 2000
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 #
 # XXX fixowner, fixgroup, and fixperms are run at the end of hardcoded
setup
 %_fixowner             [ `%{__id} -u` = '0' ] && %{__chown} -Rf root
-%_fixgroup             [ `%{__id} -u` = '0' ] && %{__chgrp} -Rf
@ROOT_GROUP@
+%_fixgroup             [ `%{__id} -u` = '0' ] && %{__chgrp} -Rhf
@ROOT_GROUP@
 %_fixperms             %{__chmod} -Rf @FIXPERMS@
 #
 %_gzipbin              @GZIPBIN@

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-07-25 21:22:05 UTC
The _fixowner/_fixgroup/_fixuser macros are being phased
out of rpm's default configuration. Configure per-system
if you want the old behavior.