Heads up: rpm 4.11 alpha coming soon to rawhide near you

[Panu Matilainen]

On 12/04/2012 01:59 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Looks like some packages make use of:
>
> %doc --parents Copyright.txt README.html vtkLogo.jpg vtkBanner.gif
> Wrapping/*/README*
>
> To pass "--parents" to the cp command.  This appears to no longer work:
>
> Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.SeYbFF
> + umask 022
> + cd /builddir/build/BUILD
> + cd VTK5.10.1
> +
> DOCDIR=/builddir/build/BUILDROOT/vtk-5.10.1-2.fc19.x86_64/usr/share/doc/vtk-5.10.1
>
> + export DOCDIR
> + /usr/bin/mkdir -p
> /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/vtk-5.10.1-2.fc19.x86_64/usr/share/doc/vtk-5.10.1
> + cp -pr --parents
> /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/vtk-5.10.1-2.fc19.x86_64/usr/share/doc/vtk-5.10.1
> cp: missing destination file operand after
> '/builddir/build/BUILDROOT/vtk-5.10.1-2.fc19.x86_64/usr/share/doc/vtk-5.10.1'
>
> Try 'cp --help' for more information.
>
> Now, this seems like very much a hack that only accidentally worked.

Ugh, the tricks people come up with...

> That said, can this functionality be restored somehow?

There's no need for such %doc abuses. Construct a temporary directory 
with the structure of your liking in %install and use that for %doc, 
something like

%install
[...]
mkdir _wrappingdocs
cp -pr --parents Wrapping/*/README* _wrappingdocs/

%files
%doc _wrappingdocs/*

	- Panu -