[Fedora-packaging] how to refer to files in the tarball

Jon Ciesla limb at jcomserv.net
Mon Sep 19 12:24:54 UTC 2011


> Hi,
>
> I have a source tar of a package that I wish to package for fedora. To
> install that there is a bash script should be done and that bash file
> is inside the tar. How can I refer to that bash file (in the spec
> file) in that tar to run it?
>
> if the tar name is abc.tar.gz. the install.sh file in just inside
> abc.tar.gz.

Well, after the line in the spec:

%setup -q

The pwd is inside the extracted tarball.  So you probably want:

%setup -q
./install.sh

Or somesuch.

-J

> Any help?
>
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