[Users] Proposal packaging Zimlets/Extensions via OS repos using RPM/DEB

[David Sommerseth]

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On 18/04/16 21:31, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
>> For building the RPMs ... I don't know what kind of technologies have
>> been considered or chosen.  But I highly recommend to look into mock
>> [1], which gives you great control of the end result.  Fedora, Fedora
>> EPEL and RHEL is built using mock under the hood.  And the big plus is,
>> if you have a working rpmbuild routine moving to mock is a no brainer.
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I've no objection to using Mock as long as it is present in RHEL6.

It is.  I have used mock on SL6 and RHEL6 to build a few internal YUM/RPM
repositories.  Mock ensures that all builds are done in clean buildroots
with a predictable set of packages, hence you don't get into dependency
surprises very easily.

IIRC, enable Fedora EPEL and do 'yum install mock' .... then have a look at
the profiles in /etc/mock .... and kick off a build like this:

    mock -r $PROFILE --rebuild /path/to/src.rpm

Then sit back and wait for the brewed RPM to be served in /var/lib/mock


David S.

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