%post script weirdness

[Kory Hansen]

In my spec file I have a %post script to create a .desktop file using a
here doc. It creates the file but the file name has a ^M at the end, so
it doesn't show up in the menu. My script looks like this:



%post

cat <<EOF > /usr/share/applications/mycompany-myapp.desktop

[Desktop Entry]

Version=x.y

Encoding=UTF-8

Name=MyApp

Path=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/myapp

...

EOF



Any ideas why it is adding the ^M?

[Jeff Johnson]

Post by Kory Hansen
Any ideas why it is adding the ^M?

rpm is not "adding" ^M, it's not deleting ^M's for you.

The spec file has embedded ^M characters.

Verify whether that is true, eliminate in the spec file.

73 de Jeff

[Kory Hansen]

Post by Jeff Johnson
rpm is not "adding" ^M, it's not deleting ^M's for you.
The spec file has embedded ^M characters.
Verify whether that is true, eliminate in the spec file.

I thought that too, but I am editing the spec file with vi. I even did
a search of the spec file for ^M characters.

[R***@ubs.com]

In general if you create a file in DOS and copy on to unix OS, it will
add ^M characters, run dos2unix filename >filename1 to remove ^M
characters at the end lines.

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Subject: RE: %post script weirdness

Post by Jeff Johnson
rpm is not "adding" ^M, it's not deleting ^M's for you.
The spec file has embedded ^M characters.
Verify whether that is true, eliminate in the spec file.

I thought that too, but I am editing the spec file with vi. I even did
a search of the spec file for ^M characters.

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Post by Kory Hansen

Post by Jeff Johnson
rpm is not "adding" ^M, it's not deleting ^M's for you.
The spec file has embedded ^M characters.
Verify whether that is true, eliminate in the spec file.

I thought that too, but I am editing the spec file with vi. I even did
a search of the spec file for ^M characters.

vi detects the EOL style used by the file and adapts to it. Run the
command: set fileformat=unix, and save.

Or, tr -d '\r' < spec > spec.new

[Kory Hansen]

Post by Luciano Rocha
vi detects the EOL style used by the file and adapts to it. Run the
command: set fileformat=unix, and save.
Or, tr -d '\r' < spec > spec.new

I tried both commands, and the rpm works great now. Thanks everyone!