Re: [Ltib] Trouble adding new package in LTIB

[Peter Barada]

On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 10:19 -0700, James E. Chargin Jr. wrote:
> I'm using LTIB on Ubuntu 7.10, targeting the MPC8315e.
>
> Since I've determined that GNU parted is not currently available for 
> LTIB, I'm attempting to port parted so it is available on our target.
>
> I've followed the instructions in the LTIB FAQ as best I can but am 
> getting an error that I can't find an explanation for.
>
> I downloaded parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2 from fsf. I unpacked it so I could 
> later tar it to .gz as is expected by the instructions in the FAQ.

Hmm, then the FAQ is wrong since it supports .bz2 (as specified in your .spec file 'Source' further on).

> So, starting with section "How can I add a completely new package to the 
> root filesystem" in the LTIB FAQ:
>
> 1. First clean your sources...
>
> Since I had just downloaded and untarred the package, I did not "make 
> clean". I executed "tar zcvf parted-1.8.8.tar.gz parted-1.8.8"
>
> 2. Move this tarball...
>
> I executed "cp parted-1.8.8.tar.gz /opt/freescale/pkgs/
>
> 3; Create a specfile...
>
> I executed:
> cd .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129
> mkdir dist/lfs-5.1/parted
> cp dist/lfs-5.1/template/template.spec dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
>
> 4: Edit and fixup the template...
>
> My edited specfile is:
>
> 8--
> %define pfx /opt/freescale/rootfs/%{_target_cpu}
>
> Summary         : GNU parted - partition editor
> Name            : parted
> Version         : 1.8.8
> Release         : 1
> License         : GPL
> Vendor          : Free Software Foundation
> Packager        : xxxx
> Group           : xxxx
> URL             : http://directory.fsf.org/project/parted/
> Source          : %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
> BuildRoot       : %{_tmppath}/%{name}
> Prefix          : %{pfx}
>
> %Description
> %{summary}
>
> %Prep
> %setup
>
> %Build
> ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --host=$CFGHOST --build=%{_build}
> make
>
> %Install
> rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{pfx}
>
> %Clean
> rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
>
> %Files
> %defattr(-,root,root)
> %{pfx}/*
> --8
>
> 5. Unpack the new package source:
>
> Here is where I encounter the error. When I execute "./ltib -d -m prep 
> -p parted" (I am dry-running to see what it will do), I see the message:
>
> 8--
> Cannot find spec file that contains the package name parted.
> If necessary please give the whole spec file name (with the
> .spec extension).
>
> Exiting on error or interrupt
> --8
>
> I tried various commands trying to give the full specfile pathname, with 
> no success. The last command I tried was "./ltib -d -m prep -p 
> .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec" (I 
> tried this with sudo also). I got the error message:
>
> 8--
> get_spec: can't find spec file 
> .../dist/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
>
> in search any of the directories:
>      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/SPECS
>      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/config/platform/mpc8315erdb
>      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1
>
>
> Processing platform: Freescale MPC8315E RDB PowerPC board
> ===========================================================
> using config/platform/mpc8315erdb/.config
>
> Processing: .../dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted
> =======================================================================================
> skipping .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted, 
> specfile not found
>
>
> f_prep() returned an error, exiting
> Exiting on error or interrupt
> --8
>
> It seems I'm doing something basic incorrectly, but I can't see what it 
> might be.
>
> Any suggestions?

Add to config/userspace/packages.lkc a stanza to allow selection of parted, preferably in alphabetical order:

config PKG_PARTED
    bool "parted"
    help
        partition manipulation tool

Then add to dist/lfs-5.1/common/pkg_map

PKG_PARTED    = parted

This should get "./ltib -p parted" to find the spec file.

Hope this helps...

> Thanks,
> Jim

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Peter Barada <address@hidden>