On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, pjwelsh wrote:
> On 01/13/2009 03:48 PM, R P Herrold wrote:
>>
>> 1. Don't
>>
>> 2. Package it
> Option 3: *HOPE/PRAY* epel, rpmforge, DAG or rpmfusion has it (or a src.rpm)
>
> I dread, almost more than anything, trying to figure out how to get some
> perl modules packaged!
tee hee -- it is easy; here is a cheat sheet.
Generally speaking, perl packaging, manually, is essentially
the following process:
1. get the upstream CPAN tarball locally; set up a
README file [panel 3] to hold md5sums
encountered and expected
2. cp CPAN-tarball.tgz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
-- is the md5sum trusted?
3. cp perl-template.spec \
perl-Whatever-Form.spec
4. in panel 1, edit: perl-Whatever-Form.spec to taste
5. in panel 2, run:
perl-rpmbuild.sh -ba perl-Whatever-Form.spec
and watch for missing BR warnings, etc
6. update a README in panel 3 as needed
7. when hit, see if the missing BR is packaged by a
reliable upstream
7a. [ -e reliable ] use it
7b. [ ! -e reliable ] note the need in README notes [panel 3],
push working on perl-Whatever-Form.spec, and
recurse call to 1. for the new missing BR
-- use the README cursor as a stack pointer,
and roadmap to the solution order;
drill in BR in panel 1 as found
8. at some point, we will be happy with the '-ba'
build; cross check by a cp of the SRPM to CWD
in panel 2, and
9. perl-rpmbuild.sh --rebuild SRPM in panel 2
10. if happy, note in README, and adjust cursor to
next target
11. if happy, install binary product, and look for
missing runtine Req's
12. follow a plan similar to 7, infra to solve;
drill in Req's in panel 1 as found
13. at some point, all will be happy, README will
be comprehensive and informative, and no CPAN was needed
except to supply tarballs
14. panel 4 contains the local 'srcfind ' Oracle
query tool, which I mention in #centos, to query reliable SRPM
archives
I should write this up someday ;) Note: the purpose of a
WindowManager is to get enough xterms in a songle panel that
keyboard shortcuts work well, and I don't need to touch a
mouse
ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/bugzilla/ was
essentially done this way
ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/bugzilla/rpmbuild-perl.sh
became: perl-rpmbuild.sh so that I could:
rpmbuild, and
(uparrow) ^a perl- CR
in panel two, after the first time
I stack the four panels of course so I can kdb nav between
them; it becomes essential mechanical to grind out a
solution.
-- Russ herrold
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