SDK/Packaging

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-		+	* type field in lead should be 1 to indicate it is an source rpm
		+	* sourcerpm tag should not be filled as it is only for binary packages.
		+	* file list is parsed from SourceX and PatchX tags.

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Revision as of 09:30, 5 January 2011

As MeeGo's default package management system is based on RPM, MeeGo SDK chooses to RPM as the packaging format for deployment and App store uploading.

Contents 1 Packages should be installable by zypper 1.1 Description 1.2 Solution 2 QtCreator should support spec file editing 2.1 Description 3 = Solution 4 Requires/Provides 4.1 Description 4.2 Solution 5 Source package creating 5.1 Description 5.2 Solution 6 Other info: Build Date, Build Host 6.1 Description

Packages should be installable by zypper

Description

App store clients will most probably use zypper to install applications, so the RPM created by SDK packager should be able to installed by zypper.
Currently zypper can't install the rpm generated by rrpmbuild. We must debug into zypper and rrpmbuild to see what's the problem.

Solution

After thorough debugging into zypper, Qiang Zhang and I found that zypper expect binary RPMs cantain the sourcerpm tag. So the solution is very simple: add the sourcerpm tag for the binary rpm.

QtCreator should support spec file editing

Description

When releasing applications, developer may need to change the name, version or other information of the package, we should let them do that.

= Solution

QtCreator 2.1 supports debian files editing. We can use the same mechanism to implement spec file editing

Requires/Provides

Description

Enhence rrpmbuild to parse requires/provides from spec file and fill the package with this information.

Solution

Parse requires/provides in spec file and fill RPMTAG_PROVIDEFLAGS, RPMTAG_PROVIDEVERSION, RPMTAG_PROVIDENAME, RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME,RPMTAG_REQUIREVERSION, RPMTAG_REQUIREFLAGS properly.

Source package creating

Description

GPL enforces us to provide source code. Generating source rpm is an convenient way to fulfil this requirement
rrpmbuild will be enhanced to generate source rpm

Solution

• type field in lead should be 1 to indicate it is an source rpm
• sourcerpm tag should not be filled as it is only for binary packages.
• file list is parsed from SourceX and PatchX tags.

Other info: Build Date, Build Host

Description

rrpmbuild will be enhanced to fill this information into the package.