Re: [Ltib] Problems Building a Toolchain RPM

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Mark,

I'm not sure about this one.  Make sure in your .spec file you have:

%define __os_install_post %{nil}
%define __check_files %{nil}

Also one other long-shot is that there could be a permissions issue?

Regards, Stuart

Mark wrote:
> Hello Stuart
> 
> Thanks for the example. The spec file that I had created does pretty much the 
> same thing as the one that you sent. The toolchain that I have is a tarball 
> of 
> the binaries, so I was just trying to copy them to the right location. ( I do 
> have the source for the toolchain too).
> 
> I've been running rpm/rpmbuild with debugging messages turned on, and it 
> looks 
> like the rpm builds correctly, but doesn't extract correctly...
> 
> When running rpmbuild:
> 
> D: fini      100644  1 (   0,   0)     17828 /usr/local/arm/gcc-arm-926ejs-
> linux-gnueabi-soft-1.0/cross-gcc-4.4.1-eglibc-2.10-soft/i686-pc-linux-
> gnu/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/cpplib.mo 
> D: fini      100644  1 (   0,   0)    475168 /usr/local/arm/gcc-arm-926ejs-
> linux-gnueabi-soft-1.0/cross-gcc-4.4.1-eglibc-2.10-soft/i686-pc-linux-
> gnu/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gcc.mo 
> D: fini      100644  1 (   0,   0)     44839 /usr/local/arm/gcc-arm-926ejs-
> linux-gnueabi-soft-1.0/cross-gcc-4.4.1-eglibc-2.10-soft/i686-pc-linux-
> gnu/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/ld.mo 
> GZDIO:    4558 writes, 93293600 total bytes in 39.144 secs
> D: Signature: size(160)+pad(0)
> Wrote: /opt/ltib/usr/src/rpm/RPMS/x86_64/gcc-arm-926ejs-linux-gnueabi-
> soft-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
> Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /opt/ltib/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.29310
> + umask 022
> + cd /opt/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD
> + rm -rf /opt/ltib/var/tmp/gcc-arm-926ejs-linux-gnueabi-soft-1.0
> + rm -rf /opt/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/gcc-arm-926ejs-linux-gnueabi-soft
> + exit 0
> 
> When extracting with rpm:
> 
> D: fini      100755  2 (   0,   0)         0 /usr/local/arm/gcc-arm-926ejs-
> linux-gnueabi-soft-1.0/cross-gcc-4.4.1-eglibc-2.10-soft/i686-pc-linux-
> gnu/arm-926ejs-linux-gnueabi/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.12;4cd14483 
> D: fini      100755  2 (   0,   0)    917184 /usr/local/arm/gcc-arm-926ejs-
> linux-gnueabi-soft-1.0/cross-gcc-4.4.1-eglibc-2.10-soft/i686-pc-linux-
> gnu/arm-926ejs-linux-gnueabi/sys-root/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.12;4cd14483 
> D: fini      120777  2 (   0,   0)        19 /usr/local/arm/gcc-arm-926ejs-
> linux-gnueabi-soft-1.0/cross-gcc-4.4.1-eglibc-2.10-soft/i686-pc-linux-
> gnu/arm-926ejs-linux-gnueabi/lib/libstdc++.so.6;4cd14483 
> D: undo      000000  0 (   0,   0)         0  unknown
> GZDIO:   10668 reads, 87392256 total bytes in 2.000 secs
> error: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic
> D: closed   db index       /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Conflictname
> D: verified db index       /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Conflictname
> D: closed   db index       /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Basenames
> D: verified db index       /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Basenames
> D: closed   db index       /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Name
> D: verified db index       /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Name
> D: closed   db index       /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: closed   db environment /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: removed  db environment /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: verified db index       /opt/ltib/var/lib/rpm/Packages
> 
> 
> I was trying to work out which file it might be failing on, but it doesn't 
> look like the file order is the same for the build and extract processes.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Tuesday 02 Nov 2010 20:54:50 Stuart Hughes wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> What format was this provided to you in? May you can asked them for an rpm?
>>
>> Make sure you have access to the sources as if you distribute you will
>> be liable to supply these.
>>
>> However, I would not re-build the toolchain.  Your best bet is to make a
>> .spec file that just copies the binaries into the right place in the
>> package.  I've attached an example which is not tested but based on
>> something I used to use a long time ago.  To build it, copy into your
>> host rpm's SPEC area and then run  rpm -ba tc-bin.spec  (rename this and
>> edit the .spec to be as you need it before hand).
>>
>> Regards, Stuart
>>
>> Mark wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I've been using LTIB with an independent toolchain provided by the
>>> manufacturer of the development board that we are using. I am trying to
>>> package the toolchain into an RPM so that it can form part of my LTIB
>>> release. I am having trouble in creating an 'LTIB-compatible' RPM.
>>>
>>> My first approach was to use the RPM tools that came with my distro
>>> (openSUSE 11.3, RPM 4.8.0), but the resulting RPM is rejected by LTIB
>>> based on a failed dependency 'rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma)'. I understand that
>>> this may be to do with changes in the compression technique used for the
>>> RPM payload.
>>>
>>> Then I tried building an RPM using the LTIB environment with RPM 4.0.4,
>>> but this time the process fails with 'unpacking of archive failed: cpio:
>>> Bad magic'.
>>>
>>> I just wondered whether anybody has any suggestion or pointers that might
>>> help me.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Mark
>