[OE-core] Issue with package_rpm : can't install files named "%name..."

[Sebastien MENNETRIER]

Hi,

I tried to create a patch to fix this issue :
http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2013-October/085689.html

Regards,
Seb


2013/10/28 Sebastien MENNETRIER <s.mennetrier at innotis.org>

> Paul,
>
> Thanks for your answer. I filled a bug :
> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5397
>
> Regards,
> Seb
>
>
> 2013/10/28 Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com>
>
>> Hi Sebastien,
>>
>> On Monday 28 October 2013 14:44:57 Sebastien MENNETRIER wrote:
>> > I try to cross-compile and install rubygems and the gems contain some
>> > directories and files named "%name...".
>> >
>> > To create the rpm package, a spec file that contains the list of all
>> files
>> > and directories that must be in the rpm package is generated in
>> do_package.
>> >
>> > The rpm process replace all the "%name" in the spec file by the name of
>> the
>> > package. So the package process try to include some file and directory
>> that
>> > doesn't exist.
>> >
>> > How can I resolve this issue ? Is it a bug in package_rpm.bbclass ?
>>
>> It is a limitation in package_rpm.bbclass's current behaviour, yes. It
>> probably needs to be fixed to escape % at the start of a filename when
>> writing
>> out the spec file (assuming that is possible, that is). Could you please
>> file a
>> bug for this (at bugzilla.yoctoproject.org)?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
>>
>> --
>>
>> Paul Eggleton
>> Intel Open Source Technology Centre
>>
>
>
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