Re: Missing RPM spec file in tarball

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Sep 9, 2016, 16:42 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kYu=0ik9W9g5yCbc5142_a2fb1er45TFEZ6RrekZRZM9w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4c42a1f4-4f03-0fdf-8bd2-8a7f1f978073@accelya.com>

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Sergio Martín Turiel <sergio.martin@accelya.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
>
>
>  I am trying to build RPM packages from tarball (release 2.9.3 and 2.10.0),
> and i do not find git.spec file, in previous releases i can found it (e.g.
> 2.8.3).
>
> O.S.: CentOS 7.2
> Command: rpmbuild -ta git-2.9.3.tar.gz
> Response: error: Failed to read spec file from git-2.9.3.tar.gz
>

We deleted the rpm target as it was breaking all the time and not reported in a timely manner, i.e. the impression was it was always broken.

See https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/ab214331cf8c73f8f77540aa996eb8b4938237f2

> Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Not crying out loud when that commit was discussed on the mailing list. ;)

>
>
> Thank you very much and best regards, Sergio Martín.

Thanks, Stefan