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Revision as of 16:36, 24 May 2008 by Ravidiip (talk | contribs) (1 revision(s))

Proposal: It is important to carefully handle the !BuildRoot during %install, to ensure that it is created fresh. I propose that the following be added to the Packaging/Guidelines (as a subsection to [wiki:Self:Packaging/Guidelines#BuildRoot BuildRoot] ):

Prepping BuildRoot For %install

It is important to properly prepare the !BuildRoot in the %install section of your package before it is used. Every Fedora package MUST have an %install section that begins with either:

%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}

or

%install
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

This is to ensure that the !BuildRoot will be created fresh during the %install section.


Also, the following will be added to Packaging/ReviewGuidelines:

- MUST: At the beginning of %install, each package MUST run rm -rf %{buildroot} ([wiki:Self:Packaging/Guidelines#UsingBuildRootOptFlags or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT] ). See [wiki:Self:Packaging/Guidelines#PreppingBuildRootForInstall Prepping BuildRoot For %install] for details.