Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 146623
rpm 4.4.1 - %dev doesn't work as expected anymore
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:59 EST
Description of problem: Since rpm 4.4.x, %dev doesn't work as expected anymore, IMHO it's a regression in rpm - even if devfs/hal etc is mostly used. Either %dev should be obsoleted correctly or the support of %dev should be fixed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-4.4.1-0.12 How reproducible: Everytime, see below. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Take the following as spec file "dummy.spec": --- snipp --- Summary: Dummy test package for %%dev Name: dummy Version: 0.0.1 Release: 1 License: Blahblub Group: Foo/Bar BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root %description foo %files %attr(0644, root, root) %dev(c, 10, 175) /dev/dummy --- snapp --- 2. rpmbuild -ba dummy.spec 3. Die with this error: error: magic_file(ms, "/var/tmp/dummy-0.0.1-root/dev/dummy") failed: cannot open `/var/tmp/dummy-0.0.1-root/dev/dummy' (No such file or directory) rpmbuild: rpmfc.c:1225: rpmfcClassify: Assertion `ftype != ((void *)0)' failed. 4. If you try the same with rpm 4.3.x for example, the rebuild will work fine. Actual results: The use of %dev currently causes bad error messages :-( Expected results: Working %dev as in rpm < 4.4 it was the case... :)
Fixed on rpm-4_4 branch, in rpm-4.4.1-1 final when built.
The same issue happens with static device nodes for udev under /etc. Could /etc/udev/devices/ be removed from the classification list as well? Thanks!
rawhide [pauln@enki SPECS]$ rpm -qpvl ../RPMS/devetc-0.0.1-1.i386.rpm c--------- 1 root root 10, 175 Oct 21 18:06 /dev/dummy c--------- 1 root root 7, 6 Oct 21 18:06 /etc/udev/devices/loop6 rpm -i/-e work as normal for me.