Re: [cobalt-developers] Peer review needed: Message board

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Matthew Nuzum" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have to either list each file separately (there are 72 files) or use
> something besides install.
>
> I replaced
> install * $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/bboard
> with
> cp -R * $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/bboard
> and everything seemed to work.

You can include whatever commands or bash scripts you want in the spec file.
There's nothing wrong with using cp.

> I got an error for every file saying that it
> was listed twice, but otherwise it looks like it works.  The only problem
is
> that there are no RPM files.  There are no SRPM files.  There is a folder
in
> the BUILD directory with all of the source files in it.

You build the RPM using the spec file.  The process is described in the docs
at the URL I sent in my previous post.  So at the end of the process there
should be an RPM file generated.  BTW, a PKG file does not require an RPM,
other than a null RPM to make it happy.  So if you wanted to just include a
tar.gz file and a script in upgrade_me to do your dirty work it wouldn't be
a problem.  I'm not saying that's preferable to building an RPM and using
that within your PKG file, but it's certainly not a technical requirement.

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