Here is my setup:

setup.py
sun.py
gfx/sun_1.png

gfx/sun_2.png
gfx/sun_3.png
gfx/core/core_1.png

gfx/core/core_2.png
...
gfx/core/core_99.png

I list everything I want to include in my manifest.in file with:

recursive-include gfx *.png

and when I make a source tar.gz ( via python setup.py bdist --format=rpm ) all of the media assets are included in the resultant tar.gz bundle.

Then I move the source tar.gz into ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ and then I run rpmbuild -ba SunnyApp.spec

Unfortunately, none of the gfx are transfered over. However, if I modify my setup.py as follows:

from setuptools import find_packages

pkgs = find_packages( )

setup( name='SunnyApp',
   ...

   data_files=[ ('SunnyApp/gfx', ['gfx/sun_1.png', 'gfx/sun_2.png'] ),

   ('SunnyApp/gfx/core', ['gfx/core/core_1.png', 'gfx/core/core_2.png'] ) ],

   ...

   packages=pkgs,

   ....

   )

Only those files that I list make it into the rpm (in this case sun_1.png, sun_2.png, core_1.png, core_2.png) Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a way to include *.png for all subdirectories in gfx.

Is there a way to include lots of files with a pattern when calling rpmbuild? I am not sure how to use package_data to list wildcards because of how I am using packages=find_packages( )