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Description of problem: In %prep the *.config files from SOURCES are modified (merge.pl etc.) and the original files are replaced by the modified ones! This is IMHO a serious RPM packaging bug, as now (for example) the src.rpm files created with "rpmbuild -bs" and with "rpmbuild -ba" will have different contents (source files)! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 (but this problem seems to be in since a while, sorry I didn't notice it during the beta period ;-)). How reproducible: Compare the src.rpm's created with "rpmbuild -bs" and with "rpmbuild -ba". Solution: Modify the *.config files in the build directory, don't change the files in SOURCES. Attached is a patch for the kerrnel spec file that does this. Note that the wildcards will not always match files now, that's why I included the test (-f), so that if there is no match, the "$i" will still have the "*" and the file does not exist.
Created attachment 150212 [details] Patch for kernel-2.6.spec (2.6.18-8.1.1.el5)
Thanks. It's been like that for about a year now. We just have never noticed. I'll look into making these changes for 5.2. They look straightforward. -Don
Funny, I just started work on a patch for the rawhide spec last night that does a lot of the same things... :) Yeah, those changes definitely look sane and correct for the RHEL5 spec.
in 2.6.18-66.el5dz_test You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
This should have went out with the 5.2 release. I am just going to close this a CURRENT RELEASE unless someone has a better idea.