[Fedora-packaging] find: /var/tmp/pcore-0.1-Beta-root: No such file or directory

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:49:40 -0700 (PDT), KA (Kamal) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using the following spec file 
> 
> Summary: pcore binary
> Name: pcore
> Version: 0.1
> Release: Beta
> Epoch: 0
> License: Commercial
> Group: Applications/Telecommunications
> Packager: Kamal Ahmed <kamal.ahmed at unleashbts.com>
> URL: http://pcore.bts.md/
> Source: pcore-0.1.tar.gz
> BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
> 
> %description
> ElementalCORE
> 
> %prep
> %setup -qn pcore
> 
> %build
> %{__make}
> 
> %install
> mkdir -p %{name}
> mkdir -p %{_bindir}
> install -d %{name}

These three don't make sense. Read on...
 
> %clean
> 
> %files
> %defattr(-,root,root)
> %doc NEWS
> 
> 
> But when running rpmbuild -dd pcore.spec , i get error:

What is -dd? Perhaps just a type mistake and you meant -bb. Correct?
 
> Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.32035
> + umask 022
> + cd /home/kahmed/rpmbuild/BUILD
> + cd pcore

Here the "builddir" was entered. The top directory of the extracted
source tarball.

One which platform did you do this build attempt?
It doesn't look like a recent Fedora or RHEL platform, because those
would empty'n'create the %buildroot directory. That is missing in what
you've quoted.

> + LANG=C
> + export LANG
> + unset DISPLAY
> + mkdir -p pcore
> + mkdir -p /usr/bin
> + install -d pcore

These three commands operated within the build directory, not in the
%buildroot. To operated in the buildroot, you need to use the prefix
%{buildroot} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT with every path.

> + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh /home/kahmed/rpmbuild/BUILD/pcore
> find: /var/tmp/pcore-0.1-Beta-root: No such file or directory
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.32035 (%install)

This refers to the buildroot, the path specified in the "BuildRoot:" tag.
It doesn't exist for your build, because apparently you use a very old Fedora
where you need to do the following in the %install section:

%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
mkdir -p %{buildroot}
# ...