[CentOS] Can anyone compile mtr source RPM on CentOS 6.7?

Digimer
2016-03-08T17:22:27Z

On 08/03/16 11:36 AM, James Hogarth wrote:
> On 8 March 2016 at 16:15, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 08/03/16 07:11 AM, James Hogarth wrote:
>>> On 8 March 2016 at 10:07, Leon Fauster <leonfauster at
googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 08.03.2016 um 01:50 schrieb Digimer <lists at
alteeve.ca>:
>>>>> I'm not surprised, given that it is in the repo.
That's why I was
>> asking
>>>>> if anyone tried building it themselves and, if so, did they
have the
>>>>> same issue as I describe below?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alternatively, any tips/advice on solving my build issue
would be
>>>> helpful.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> what says /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.gu9Ds0?
>>>>
>>>> all dependencies installed?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No need to check that .... the error is clear "make: *** No
rule to make
>>> target `install'.  Stop." ... that mini Makefile he posted
doesn't
>> include
>>> an install: section
>>>
>>> Of course what the OP is missing is *that* makefile does not get
used.
>>>
>>> In the tarball there is a Makefile.in that gets processed into the
actual
>>> makefile by ./configure (well %configure in the spec but you get
the
>> point)
>>>
>>> So we come back round the houses to the key point - Digimer what
are you
>>> *actually* trying to do?
>>>
>>> You obviously aren't building from the spec in that src.rpm or
using mock
>>> as those have configure which would generate the valid makefile
with the
>>> make install target... so what are you doing and what do you want
to
>>> achieve?
>>>
>>> The %install phase you posted is really not of interest to your
'problem'
>>> but rather the %build phase would be telling.
>>
>> As I've done with several other RPMs, I did the following;
>>
>> ==>> yumdownloader --source mtr-gtk
>>
>> rpm -Uvh mtr-0.75-5.el6.src.rpm
>>
>> cd rpmbuild/SPECS/
>>
>> # Change "Release"
>>
>> rpmbuild -ba mtr.spec
>> ==>>
>> If you're asking a more generic "why are you doing this?"
question; I am
>> including the RPM in a project we're working on and I don't
want to risk
>> running fould of the CentOS project by directly redistributing their
>> (and RHEL's) rpms.
>>
>>
> I'm sure Karanbir and Johnny can weigh in here more but so long as you
are
> not claiming to be CentOS and using their trademarks (see the modified ones
> with centos in the name) I'm pretty certain that you are safe building
an
> appliance on CentOS and can ship the RPMs on that ...
>
> Regardless of that issue what you've described above should work (or
freak
> out if a build dependency was missing ... unless one isn't defined as a
> BuildRequires but is in the default mock root and is causing %configure
>  not to generate the Makefile).
>
> Again the right answer here is "use mock" ...
>
> yumdownloader --source mtr-gtk
>
> rpm -Uvh mtr-0.75-5.el6.src.rpm
>
> cd rpmbuild
>
> vi SPECS/mtr.spec (change release etc ... bear in mind that bumping release
> may not help you when a centos update happens ... may not care for an
> appliance)
>
> rpmbuild -bs SPECS/mtr.spec
>
> mock -r epel-6-x86_64 SRPMS/mtr-*.src.rpm
>
> ===================>
> That will get you a reproducible clean build environment in a way not
> dependent on the state of your workstation and avoid any accidental
> depednencies etc popping up

Thanks for the help, but I got the same results;

===mock /home/digimer/rpmbuild/SRPMS/mtr-0.75-5.el6.anvil.src.rpm

<dependencies installed>
<build messages>
+ make DESTDIR=/builddir/build/BUILDROOT/mtr-0.75-5.el6.anvil.x86_64 install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.


RPM build errors:
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.8atuER (%install)
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.8atuER (%install)
ERROR:
Exception(/home/digimer/rpmbuild/SRPMS/mtr-0.75-5.el6.anvil.src.rpm)
Config(epel-6-x86_64) 5 minutes 54 seconds
INFO: Results and/or logs in: /var/lib/mock/epel-6-x86_64/result
ERROR: Command failed. See logs for output.
 # bash --login -c /usr/bin/rpmbuild -bb --target x86_64 --nodeps
/builddir/build/SPECS/mtr.spec
===
As for redistribution; I spoke to someone here some months back about
creating a custom ISO and I was told I couldn't modify 'Packages',
which
is what I needed to do. I am also making a RHEL variant, and emailing
their legal didn't get a reply, so I am going this route to not step on
toes.

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