[oe] git head: build of rpm-native fails

[Tom Rini]

On 02/16/2011 12:38 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
> 2011/2/15 Tom Rini<tom_rini at mentor.com>:
>> On 02/14/2011 11:48 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Yesterday I tried whether I could cross compile a helloworld.rpm to
>>> try on a fedora-arm box, but I failed in building rpm-native.
>>> This issue was verified by Jay. His log:
>>> http://tinderbox.openembedded.net/public/logs/task/25555153.txt
>>>
>>> apparently this is the failing part is:
>>>
>>> file -C -m ./magic.mime
>>> ./magic.mime, 187: Warning: string extension `B' invalid
>>> ./magic.mime, 401: Warning: string extension `B' invalid
>>> ./magic.mime, 618: Warning: string extension `B' invalid
>>> ./magic.mime, 623: Warning: string extension `B' invalid
>>> ./magic.mime, 627: Warning: string extension `B' invalid
>>> ./magic.mime, 628: Warning: string extension `B' invalid
>>> ./magic.mime, 672: Warning: no need to escape `#'
>>> ./magic.mime, 674: Warning: no need to escape `#'
>>> file: could not find any magic files!
>>> make[4]: *** [magic.mime.mgc] Ошибка 1
>>> make[4]: *** Ожидание Ð·Ð°Ð²ÐµÑ€ÑˆÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ  заданий..
>>>
>>> I tried the command in a devshell and there it also fails, but I have
>>> not really an idea what is wrong (and I don't know too much about RPM
>>> anyway)
>>> Suggestions? Fixes ?
>>
>> rpm depends on having a specific version of file around and there's probably
>> a mis-match.
>
> Guess so.
> Note that this is not host related as the file used is build by OE (file-native)
>
> Actually maybe we should move to a newer version of rpm. Ours is at
> 4.4.2.3, latest stable is 4.8.1
> and file on oe is 5.04, mainstream is 5.05, but I guess that will have
> less impact.

In terms of doing anything with rpm, the best bet is to look at what 
poky has done as Mark Hatle has spent a lot of time making rpm usable 
and useful there.  Or better yet, start working on oe-core where we've 
inherited those benefits out of the box.  I say this since rpm is a 
complex beast and it's a non-trivial thing to make it "just work".

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Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation