Development/Packaging/Tools/skel.spec
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Example spec File
# rpm skeleton rewriten by Lenny Cartier <lenny@mandrakesoft.com>
# and updated by Han Boetes <han@linux-mandrake.com>
#
# Default values are for example purpose. You MUST tweak this specfile
# with the info found at:
#
# http://www.linux-mandrake.com/howtos/mdk-rpm
# Basic macros
%define name skel
%define version 0.1
%define release 6mdk
# Macros for in the menu-file.
%define section # http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/howtos/mdk-rpm/mdk-menu-structure.html
%define title # %name with first letter capitalized.
# SUMMARY is a SHORT one-line description of the rpm (max. 60
# characters). Do NOT include the package name (or version number of
# the software) in the comment. Do NOT start with an uppercase letter
# unless semantically significant, and do NOT end with a period. DON'T
# EVER START WITH AN INDETERMINATE ARTICLE SUCH AS `a' or `as'; remove
# the article altogether.
%define Summary # SUMMARY
Summary: %Summary
Name: %name
Version: %version
Release: %release
License: GPL # MAKE REALLY SURE YOU GOT THE LICENSE RIGHT.
Group: # http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/howtos/mdk-rpm/mdk-groups.html
URL: # Homepage
# Please add comment with the right url/downloadpage.
Source0: %name-%version.tar.bz2
# Make 3 icons %name-16,32,48.png and then tar cjf %name-icons.tar.bz2 *png
# convert -resize 48x48 nicepic4icon.png yourprogram48.png
Source1: %name-icons.tar.bz2
BuildRoot: %_tmppath/%name-buildroot
# Use ldd afterwards to check for missing Requires/Buildrequires.
# DO NOT ADD IMPLICIT DEPENDENCIES; emample:
# Buildrequires: gtk+-devel XFree86-devel <- wrong!
# gtk+-devel depends on XFree86-devel so you don't have to mention XFree86-devel.
Buildrequires: foo-devel bar-devel
Requires: foo bar
%description
# Put the description here. Most of the time you can get a good
# description from the homepage. Make sure it is terse and to the
# point.
%prep
%setup -q
%setup -q -T -D -a1 # unpack icons
#%patch1 -p0
%build
%configure
%make
%install
rm -rf %buildroot
%makeinstall
# Menu
# Every entry must be changed according package specfications
# Pay attention to "section" "command" and "longtitle"
# Use the macros at the head of this file to change the values.
mkdir -p %buildroot/%_menudir
cat > %buildroot/%_menudir/%name << EOF
?package(%name): \
command="%_bindir/%name" \
needs="X11" \
icon="%name.png" \
section="%section" \
title="%title" \
longtitle="%Summary"
EOF
# icon
# Use {curly braces} here to protect the variable name.
# ie: Is name48.png %{name}48.png or %{name48}.png?
%__install -D -m 644 %{name}48.png %buildroot/%_liconsdir/%name.png
%__install -D -m 644 %{name}32.png %buildroot/%_iconsdir/%name.png
%__install -D -m 644 %{name}16.png %buildroot/%_miconsdir/%name.png
# Macro for locales
# If your rpm does not need this you can remove it. Also change
# ``%files -f %name.lang'' to ``%files'' below.
%find_lang %name
%post
%update_menus
%postun
%clean_menus
%clean
rm -rf %buildroot
%files -f %name.lang
%defattr(0755,root,root,0755)
%_bindir/*
%defattr(0644,root,root,0755) # No more binaries after this point.
# Add all documentation-files that are usefull for people who install
# the package. INSTALL may not be usefull since the rpm already
# installs everything.
%doc COPYING LICENSE README INSTALL Changelog AUTHORS
%_menudir/*
%_miconsdir/*
%_iconsdir/*
%_liconsdir/*
%changelog
* Thu Jun 19 2003 Han Boetes <han@linux-mandrake.com> 0.1-6mdk
- changed macro "summary" to "Summary" to because of conflict.
* Sun Mar 9 2003 Han Boetes <han@linux-mandrake.com> 0.1-5mdk
- better order for file-list
* Mon Jan 20 2003 Han Boetes <han@linux-mandrake.com> 0.1-4mdk
- More updates from cooker@ list. Too many to mention here.
* Sun Jan 19 2003 Han Boetes <han@linux-mandrake.com> 0.1-3mdk
- More updates, thanks Geoffrey Lee <glee@gnupilgrims.org>
* Sat Jan 18 2003 Han Boetes <han@linux-mandrake.com> 0.1-2mdk
- update this thing.
* Mon Jun 10 2002 Lenny Cartier <lenny@mandrakesoft.com> 0.1-1mdk
- rewrite lost rpm.skel
