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The documentation for the -c option for the %setup macro doesn't seem to match how things work. -c just seems to trigger directory creation, but not choose the name. You still need to use -n name if you want a specific name. | The documentation for the -c option for the %setup macro doesn't seem to match how things work. -c just seems to trigger directory creation, but not choose the name. You still need to use -n name if you want a specific name. | ||
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I came to clean up a few things because a user pointed out that he got poor advice from this page, and I realized as I started fixing things that it really needs an overhaul. So I've added an "under construction" note and will be converting everything to use fedpkg throughout. I apologize to any translators who are going to see a wall of edits. [[User:Tibbs|Tibbs]] ([[User talk:Tibbs|talk]]) 22:16, 15 September 2016 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 22:16, 15 September 2016
There are tons of tutorials on how to create RPM packages, but many of them are obsolete, or don't include the important Fedora-specific stuff. This page gives the basics, with links to more information. I had to use many different sources to come up with this page - which was the problem in the first place.
The documentation for the -c option for the %setup macro doesn't seem to match how things work. -c just seems to trigger directory creation, but not choose the name. You still need to use -n name if you want a specific name.
Big restructuring
I came to clean up a few things because a user pointed out that he got poor advice from this page, and I realized as I started fixing things that it really needs an overhaul. So I've added an "under construction" note and will be converting everything to use fedpkg throughout. I apologize to any translators who are going to see a wall of edits. Tibbs (talk) 22:16, 15 September 2016 (UTC)