Hi *
Am Donnerstag, den 30.06.2005, 15:52 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Leemhuis:
Anyway, I created a example package with kernel-modules for
ndiswrapper
to play a bit with the discussed scheme. It
I updated the example found online at
http://www.leemhuis.info/files/fedorarpms/MISC.fdr/kernel-module-example/
and in the wiki at
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/KernelModuleProposal
Changes to the kernel-module-package:
- These macro definitions are now found in the top of the spec file:
%{!?kver: %define kver %(uname -r)}
%define ksrc %{_usrsrc}/kernels/%{kver}-%{_target_cpu}
%define moddir /lib/modules/%{kver}/kernel/misc
%define mainpkgname ndiswrapper
%define mainpkgversion 1.2
%define mainpgkrelease 1
Yes, in other packages I would not like these "mainpkg*" definitions on
the top, but in this type of package I think they are helpful.
- The main kernel-module package is now named
"kernel-module-%{mainpkgname}-base" (if someones knows something better
then "base" tell me). The kernel-module itself is now placed in
%package -n kernel-module-%{mainpkgname}
So only one SRPM is created no matter how much different kernel-modules
are build. Also the CVS tags don't depend on the local kernel-version (I
did not try but it got to this idea when I saw "Sacrifice
no-args-builds-for-current-kernel for benefit of CVS tag sanity."
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-commits/2005-July/msg00229....
)
- Now:
Release: %{mainpgkrelease}.%(echo %{kver} | tr - _)
Provides: kernel-module = %{kver}
as suggested by spot on this list yesterday
- Avoid some problems when kernel-module and kernel are deleted in one
rpm transaction (anyone knows a better way to fix? "Requires(postun):
kernel-%{_target_cpu} = %{kver}" does not work):
-- Only depmod when System.map is still there
%postun -n kernel-module-%{mainpkgname}
[ -e "/boot/System.map-%{kver}" ] && \
/sbin/depmod -e -F /boot/System.map-%{kver} %{kver}> /dev/null || :
-- In %files:
%dir /lib/modules/%{kver}/
so that dir is removed during remove.
CU
thl
P.S: I'm on a trip the next weeks -- I don't know how often and how long
I'll have access to the Internet. So don't expect a fast reply from me
during that time. And if you want to propose a kernel-module scheme that
I would not like: this is you chance! ;-)
--
Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora(a)leemhuis.info>