Bug 842 - rpm bugs in package creation
Summary: rpm bugs in package creation
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 5.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-01-15 16:53 UTC by sds
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-01-15 17:06:31 UTC
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Description sds 1999-01-15 16:53:37 UTC
1. I have to untar, build and install every time I want to
re-build the
   package.  This is a design flaw.

2. RPM cannot grok rpmrc created by `rpm --showrc >
/etc/rpmrc`

3. RPM runs chown -R root.root/chmod -R.  While the latter
can be
   rendered (relatively) harmless by a `fixperms' in rpmrc,
the former
   does damage which can be fixed by hand.  If you want the
files in the
   RPMs to have certain ownership/permission, you don't have
to mess
   with the actual filesystem on disk.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-01-15 17:06:59 UTC
Specific answers:
1) You can do
	a) tarball:	rpm -ta foo.tar.gz
	b) src.rpm:	rpm --rebuild foo*src.rpm
to eliminate unnecessary steps.

2) rpm --shworc is for humans. Why should the displayed output
use the same syntax as the rpmrc file?

3) I build rpm's all day long using non-root uid without rpm running
chown/chmod root.root. I need to know more specifics in order to
remedy. As for ownership of files within the binary rpm, I routinely
add %defattr(-,root,root) to top of %files to get predictable
ownership. Make sure that you have specific %attr's for setuid
programs however.

Try rpm-list if you need more info.


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