[Scons-users] tagging files (RPM packaging)

[Bill Deegan]

Can you try:

     Tag('file2.txt', 'DOC')

On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 1:57 PM Bill Deegan <bill at baddogconsulting.com>
wrote:

> Also:
> Which version of Python?
> Which version of SCons?
> Which OS and version are you running?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 1:55 PM Bill Deegan <bill at baddogconsulting.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Werner,
>>
>> Can you make a sample github repo with all the attributes you're trying
>> to use, and an example rpmspec file?
>>
>> That should provide enough information to make sure we fix the issue
>> you're running into.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>> SCons Project Co-Manager
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 9:45 AM Mats Wichmann <mats at wichmann.us> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/1/22 07:16, Werner Reisberger wrote:
>>> > The RPM packages I am trying to build with SCons require certain tags
>>> > but most of the tags does not work out of the box.
>>> >
>>> > E.g. The SCons man page proposes the following call to tag a file with
>>> > the DOC attribute:
>>> >
>>> >     # marks file2.txt to be a documentation file
>>> >     Tag('file2.txt', DOC)
>>> >
>>> > This does not work. I have to say
>>> >
>>> >     Tag('file2.txt', DOC=' ')
>>> >
>>> > That's because the tag is defined as
>>> >
>>> >     'PACKAGING_DOC'              : '%%doc %s',
>>> >
>>> > but DOC attributes in RPM spec files have the format
>>> >
>>> >      %doc file_name
>>> >
>>> > It's different with the UNIX_ATTR tag where file mode and owner/group
>>> > have to be appended like
>>> >
>>> >      %attr(644, root, adm) /etc/yp.conf
>>> >
>>> > The tag command for UNIX_ATTR in the SCons man page also doesn't work:
>>> >
>>> >      # makes sure the built library will be installed with 644 file
>>> > access mode
>>> >      Tag(Library('lib.c'), UNIX_ATTR="0o644")
>>> >
>>> > You need to follow the RPM specification
>>> > (
>>> http://ftp.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-anywhere-specifying-file-attributes.html
>>> )
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > However the tagging test script on GitHub does it right.
>>> >
>>> > Like the DOC attribute the following tag definitions need to be fixed:
>>> >
>>> >         'PACKAGING_CONFIG'           : '%%config %s',            # =>
>>> > '%%config'
>>> >         'PACKAGING_CONFIG_NOREPLACE' : '%%config(noreplace) %s', # =>
>>> > '%%config(noreplace)'
>>> >         'PACKAGING_UNIX_ATTR'        : '%%attr %s',              # =>
>>> > '%%attr(%s)'
>>> >         'PACKAGING_LANG_'            : '%%lang(%s) %s',          # =>
>>> > '%%lang(%s)'
>>> >         'PACKAGING_X_RPM_VERIFY'     : '%%verify %s',            # =>
>>> > '%%verify (%s)' ?
>>> >         'PACKAGING_X_RPM_DIR'        : '%%dir %s',               # =>
>>> > '%%dir'
>>> >         'PACKAGING_X_RPM_DOCDIR'     : '%%docdir %s',            # =>
>>> > '%%docdir'
>>> >         'PACKAGING_X_RPM_GHOST'      : '%%ghost %s', }           # =>
>>> > '%%ghost'
>>> >
>>> > Unfortunately my python knowledge is rather basic but let me know how I
>>> > can help.
>>>
>>> Looks like this code hasn't been touched in a very long time (except for
>>> some fiddling of docstrings and newer Python syntax, it's largely
>>> unchanged since 2007) .  One wonders if it's actually being used - you
>>> may be a trailblazer here! Not sure if the actual problem is the tag
>>> specifications or the tag "compiler" in the code, we should be able to
>>> figure it out though.  Help could be as simple as providing a minimal
>>> SConscript that shows the problem.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Happy 2022 and keep on going with your great work!
>>> >
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Scons-users mailing list
>>> Scons-users at scons.org
>>> https://pairlist4.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-users
>>>
>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist4.pair.net/pipermail/scons-users/attachments/20220101/efbe0ced/attachment.htm>