On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Pascal Terjan wrote: > As I presented it in another discussion, I wrote this php script to > create .spec/.src.rpm/.noarch.rpm from PEAR modules (a sort of CPAN for PHP) > > http://pascal.terjan.free.fr/rpm/pear2rpm.php.txt (.txt is to avoid > server interpretation) > > It can be called with > > php pear2rpm.php <options> <module name> > e.g. php pear2rpm.php XML_RPC > > or > > php pear2rpm.php <options> <tarball> > e.g. php pear2rpm.php XML_RPC-1.0.4.tar.gz > > Options: > -s, --spec Create a spec file (default) > -r, --rpm Create a source RPM > -b, --build Build the noarch RPM > -U, --update-from-installed Get the old ChangeLog from installed > version > -R, --update-from-rpm <file> Get the old ChangeLog from the given rpm > -S, --update-from-spec <file> Get the old ChangeLog from the given > spec file > -v, --release Specify the RPM release (default to 1mdk) > -n, --packager-name <name> Specify the name to put into ChangeLog > -e, --packager-email <email> Specify the address to put into ChangeLog > -h, --help Display this message
Looks cool ... > > If someone has suggestions... I still want a script that builds rpms from Mandrake/cooker CVS, but alas, too little time ... > > I'll try to run it on all modules soon and check the generated specs. > Cuurently the main thing to fix is the License which I get from the > package description. It's often "PHP Licence 2.02" and I should remove > the ' 2.02' :-) > Next step will be a configuration file with packager name and email so > we do not need to use the option everytime or edit the default values. > Just remove them from the files, they don't belong there anyway. RPM will pick up the right values from the user's ~/.rpmmacros. But, if you really need to, you could use: %packager: [bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ rpm --eval %packager Buchan Milne <bgmilne@bgmilne> FYI, you might want to take a look at this file for a ~/.rpmmacros: http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/configs/rpmmacros (explains why my address is given as bgmilne@bgmilne, for mdk packagees it's automatically [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
