spec file, with multiple architectures

[Richard Shade]

I want to use one spec file for multiple architectures. However there is the
following line in my spec file:
on i386
%attr(0644,root,root)
%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod
on x86_64
%attr(0644,root,root)
%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod

is there a way to make this architecture independent like:
%attr(0644,root,root)
%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/%{_architecture}-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod

[Tim Mooney]

Post by Richard Shade
I want to use one spec file for multiple architectures. However there is the
on i386
%attr(0644,root,root)
%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod
on x86_64
%attr(0644,root,root)
%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod

You don't say what version of RPM you're using, or what distributions you
want to package for, but the easiest way to accomplish what you're asking
is just using globbing:

%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/*-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod

Some versions of RPM include pre-defined macros for some of perl's
directories. In those cases, %{perl_sitearch} is what you're looking for.

%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/%{perl_sitearch}/perllocal.pod

If your distribution doesn't define it, you can define it yourself,
assuming your version of RPM is new enough to handle this type of macro:

%define perl_archlib %(eval "`perl -V:installarchlib`"; echo $installarchlib)

However, packaging the perllocal.pod is (I think) a bad idea. You're
better off just skipping that file.

Tim

[Richard Shade]

Tim, Thanks

Post by Richard Shade
I want to use one spec file for multiple architectures. However there is the

Post by Richard Shade
on i386
%attr(0644,root,root)
%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod
on x86_64
%attr(0644,root,root)
%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod

You don't say what version of RPM you're using, or what distributions you
want to package for, but the easiest way to accomplish what you're asking

I am on 4.4.2 CentOS 5.

%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/*-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod

Post by Richard Shade
Some versions of RPM include pre-defined macros for some of perl's
directories. In those cases, %{perl_sitearch} is what you're looking for.
%{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/%{perl_sitearch}/perllocal.pod
If your distribution doesn't define it, you can define it yourself,
%define perl_archlib %(eval "`perl -V:installarchlib`"; echo
$installarchlib)
However, packaging the perllocal.pod is (I think) a bad idea. You're
better off just skipping that file

Is this what you mean by skipping it?
%exclude %{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/%{_arch}-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod

Tim

Post by Richard Shade
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[Tim Mooney]

Post by Richard Shade

Post by Tim Mooney
However, packaging the perllocal.pod is (I think) a bad idea. You're
better off just skipping that file

Is this what you mean by skipping it?
%exclude %{_libdir}/perl5/5.8.8/%{_arch}-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod

I've never used %exclude, but I assume that would work. We typically
just do this in the %install section:

find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name perllocal.pod -type f -exec rm -f {} \;

and then just don't even mention that file in the %files section.

Tim