Re: [Ltib] Trouble adding new package in LTIB

[Vadim Lebedev]

James,

Please do:

./ltib -d -m prep -p parted.spec


Until the package has been added to pkg_map and packages.lkc you're spec
file name needs to be explicit.



Thanks
Vadim
This issue should really got into the FAQ


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.
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim