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    Garrett85
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    My clearly outdated Linux course I'M using is telling me that the directory structure for building RPMs is in /usr/src/redhat, but on my redhat system, there is only /usr/src/ > debug & > kernels, folders.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Garrett85 View Post
    My clearly outdated Linux course I'M using is telling me that the directory structure for building RPMs is in /usr/src/redhat, but on my redhat system, there is only /usr/src/ > debug & > kernels, folders.
    Which version of Redhat are you using?
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    Release 6.0

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    Which version of Redhat are you using?
    Release 6.0
    Kernel Linux 2.6.32-71.el6.i686
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    afaik, starting with redhat enterprise 6, the directory structure for rpm building is expected to be in each users $HOME.
    Which is a good thing, imho.
    Every user can build RPMs, and building as root is discouraged anyway.


    You can check which _topdir, etc is set for your user via
    Code:
    rpm --showrc
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    Home folder

    Quote Originally Posted by Irithori View Post
    afaik, starting with redhat enterprise 6, the directory structure for rpm building is expected to be in each users $HOME.
    Which is a good thing, imho.
    Every user can build RPMs, and building as root is discouraged anyway.


    You can check which _topdir, etc is set for your user via
    Code:
    rpm --showrc
    I looked in my home directory but I didn't see and folders that appeared to have anything to do with source RPMs or anything like that?
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    Well, create them

    I donīt have access to a rh6 box at the moment,
    and unfortunately also docs.redhat.com doesnt seem to have rpmbuild instructions for redhat enterprise 6 (yet).
    Or I just couldnīt find it.

    Anyway, rpm --showrc will show which directories are expected.
    Most important is %_topdir, as %_sourcedir, %_specdir, %_builddir, etc will be dependend on it.

    Create the directory structure under %_topdir,
    place your specfile in %_specdir
    place your sources (tar.gz, etc) in %_sourcedir
    and you should be ready to build your rpms with rpmbuild -bb <PATH_to_%_specdir>/<SPECFILE>
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