Timothy,
Its really fairly simple to set up an rpm build environment. First, you need
a .rpmmacros that will live in your home directory. Say, for example, your
home directory is in /home/tomer, your .rpmmacros file would look like:
%_topdir /home/tomer/rpm
%_tmppath /var/tmp
#%debug_package %{nil}
%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}
Its pretty basic, but should get the rpm build done.
Next, you need to create the following directory tree:
/home/tomer
-> rpm
-> BUILD
-> RPMS
-> SOURCES
-> SPECS
-> SRPMS
Next, get the srpm of backuppc-3.1.0 and install it. It should install to
the /home/tomer/rpm tree (e.g. the tarball in SOURCES and the spec file in
SPECS).
Place the tarball for backuppc-3.2.0 into SOURCES.
Edit the backuppc spec file, pointing the source filename to the 3.2.0 file
you just copied to SOURCES. Also make sure you remove the files from the
%files section near the bottom. We will be filling this back in later.
Once you are confident you have the spec file in decent shape, you want to
run rpmbuild. I do it in stages, taking each section individually. Do not
proceed to the next step until the current one completes error free:
rpmbuild -bp backuppc.spec - this will run the %prep section
rpmbuild -bc backuppc.spec - this will run the %prep and %build section
rpmbuild -bi backuppc.spec - this will run the %prep, %build and %install
section
At this point, there will be a list of files that are not included in the
spec file. Cut and paste these into the %files section of the spec file,
then run the rpmbuild -bi again. You should come out with no errors.
rpmbuild -ba backuppc.spec - this will run the complete build, generate .rpm
and .srpm files. You can then install the rpm from
/home/tomer/rpm/RPMS/<arch>, or copy it to your backuppc box and install it
there.
The instructions are pretty generic, but should point you in the right
direction. I am a Debian guy, but have done the odd rpm in my day. :)
HTH,
--b
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Timothy Omer <[email protected]> wrote:
> CentOS release 5.4 (Final)
> BackupPC 3.1.0 via Yum
>
> Hey all,
>
> I installed BackupPC via Yum on my CentOS box, I would like to move to
> the most recent version and therefore to the tar install. Looking over
> the docs I see warnings about mixing Yum and Tar.
>
> What is the best method for me to upgrade, complete Yum uninstall and
> Tar install. Will I keep all my current config, clients and backups
>
> If anyone has done this and can provide some direction would be very
> helpful.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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