problems building libpcap rpm ..

[Gregory Machin]

On 9/14/07, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez <manuel at todo-linux.com> wrote:
> On Friday 14 September 2007 11:25:26 Gregory Machin wrote:
> > On 9/14/07, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez <manuel at todo-linux.com> wrote:
> > > On Friday 14 September 2007 09:35:24 Gregory Machin wrote:
> > > > I'm getting the following errors ....
> > > > error: Name field must be present in package: (main package)
> > > > error: Version field must be present in package: (main package)
> > > > error: Release field must be present in package: (main package)
> > > > error: Summary field must be present in package: (main package)
> > > > error: Group field must be present in package: (main package)
> > > > error: License field must be present in package: (main package)
> > > >
> > > > When I try to rpmbuild -ta /home/builder/rpm/SPECS/libpcap-0.8.3.spec
> > > >
> > > > The source file /home/builder/rpm/SOURCES/libpcap-0.8.3.tar.gz
> > > >
> > > > I have made sure that the same spec file is also in the
> > > > libpcap-0.8.3.tar.gz
> > > >
> > > > what have i missed  ?
> > > >
> > > > Greg
> > >
> > > Hi Greg,
> > >
> > > Paste here the spec file you're using to rebuild the package.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Manuel
> >
> > %define prefix   /usr
> > %define version 0.8.3
> >
> > Summary: packet capture library
> > Name: libpcap
> > Version: %version
> > Release: 1
> > Group: Development/Libraries
> > Copyright: BSD
> > Source: libpcap-0.8.3.tar.gz
> > Patch0: libpcap-0.8.3-ppp.patch
> >
> > BuildRoot: /tmp/%{name}-buildroot
> > URL: http://www.tcpdump.org
> >
> > %description
> > Packet-capture library LIBPCAP 0.8
> > Now maintained by "The Tcpdump Group"
> > See http://www.tcpdump.org
> > Please send inquiries/comments/reports to tcpdump-workers at tcpdump.org
> >
> > %prep
> > %setup
> >
> > %post
> > ldconfig
> >
> > %build
> > CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ./configure --prefix=%prefix
> > make
> >
> > %install
> > rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> > mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/{lib,include}
> > mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man
> > mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/net
> > mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/man/man3
> > make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT mandir=/usr/share/man
> > cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib
> > V1=`echo 0.8 | sed 's/\\.[^\.]*$//g'`
> > V2=`echo 0.8 | sed 's/\\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*$//g'`
> > ln -sf libpcap.so.0.8 libpcap.so.$V1
> > if test "$V2" -ne "$V1"; then
> >     ln -sf libpcap.so.$V1 libpcap.so.$V2
> >     ln -sf libpcap.so.$V2 libpcap.so
> > else
> >     ln -sf libpcap.so.$V1 libpcap.so
> > fi
> >
> > #install -m 755 -o root libpcap.a $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib
> > #install -m 644 -o root pcap.3 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/man/man3
> > #install -m 644 -o root pcap.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include
> > #install -m 644 -o root pcap-bpf.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/net
> > #install -m 644 -o root pcap-namedb.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include
> >
> > %clean
> > rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> >
> > %files
> > %defattr(-,root,root)
> > %doc LICENSE CHANGES INSTALL.txt README.linux TODO VERSION CREDITS
> > packaging/pcap.spec
> > /usr/lib/libpcap.a
> > /usr/share/man/man3/*
> > /usr/include/pcap.h
> > /usr/include/pcap-bpf.h
> > /usr/include/pcap-namedb.h
> > /usr/lib/libpcap.so*
> >
> > many thanks
>
> Use License: GPL
> Instead of Copyright: GPL
>
> --
> Manuel Arostegui Ramirez.
Oh no ... is that all ... thanks for you time.


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Gregory Machin
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www.linuxpro.co.za