rpmbuild -ba builds source but not binary RPM

[Josh Miller]

Good day all,

I have an issue where I build an RPM using 'rpmbuild -ba <spec file>'
and it builds the packages and writes a source RPM, but there are no
binaries written out and no errors. Any idea what would cause this? I
also tried with rpmbuild -bb with no luck.

TIA,
Josh

[Jos Vos]

Post by Josh Miller
I have an issue where I build an RPM using 'rpmbuild -ba <spec file>'
and it builds the packages and writes a source RPM, but there are no
binaries written out and no errors. Any idea what would cause this? I
also tried with rpmbuild -bb with no luck.

No %files section?

Can you post the output of the "rpmbuild -ba" command?

[Josh Miller]

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[Josh Miller]

Post by Josh Miller
I have an issue where I build an RPM using 'rpmbuild -ba <spec file>'
and it builds the packages and writes a source RPM, but there are no
binaries written out and no errors. Any idea what would cause this? I
also tried with rpmbuild -bb with no luck.

I'm continuing to troubleshoot this issue without a lot of success. Can
somebody give me a good summary of the proper way to define and use a
buildroot variable? I am not having a lot of luck finding that
information in various documents online and I believe it is not a
requirement.

TIA,

[Josh Miller]

Post by Josh Miller
I have an issue where I build an RPM using 'rpmbuild -ba <spec file>'
and it builds the packages and writes a source RPM, but there are no
binaries written out and no errors. Any idea what would cause this? I
also tried with rpmbuild -bb with no luck.

It turns out that the problem with my SPEC file was that I had an errant
% that was not doing anything constructive.

ie:
install -d %(buildroot}/usr/share/%{pkg_name}

which should have been:

install -d %{buildroot}/usr/share/%{pkg_name}

Note that in the first line, there is a '(' just after the '%'. This
caused the build to bail on the install portion of the build. I caught
this after reviewing the Fedora RPM guide and seeing a note about errant
percent signs.

Regards,