rpmbuild and mock

(Note: for puppet managed build hosts: include m_mock)

For info on building iRODS RPMs, click here.

Basic instructions:

1. Setup tree ~/rpmbuild

rpmdev-setuptree

or

svn co systems/apps/mock/rpmbuild

2. Populate rpm directory

via rpm
rpm -ivh something.src.rpm

or manually copy files into ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES (tar.gz)

3. Edit or create .spec file in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS

4. rebuild src.rpm

rpmbuild -bs --nodeps ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/something.spec

5. rebuild rpm using mock

mock --rebuild ~/rpmbuild/SRPMS/something-X.Y.Z.src.rpm

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