From Fedora Project Wiki

(documentation doesn't match how things work)
Line 1: Line 1:
There are tons of tutorials on how to create RPM packages, but many of them are obsolete, or don't include the important Fedora-specific stuff.  This page gives the basics, with links to more information.  I had to use many different sources to come up with this page - which was the problem in the first place.
There are tons of tutorials on how to create RPM packages, but many of them are obsolete, or don't include the important Fedora-specific stuff.  This page gives the basics, with links to more information.  I had to use many different sources to come up with this page - which was the problem in the first place.
The documentation for the -c option for the %setup macro doesn't seem to match how things work. -c just seems to trigger directory creation, but not choose the name. You still need to use -n name if you want a specific name.

Revision as of 02:34, 28 May 2011

There are tons of tutorials on how to create RPM packages, but many of them are obsolete, or don't include the important Fedora-specific stuff. This page gives the basics, with links to more information. I had to use many different sources to come up with this page - which was the problem in the first place.

The documentation for the -c option for the %setup macro doesn't seem to match how things work. -c just seems to trigger directory creation, but not choose the name. You still need to use -n name if you want a specific name.