Program to produce spec files

[Paul Smith]

On 6/11/06, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:
> > I am trying to learn how to build a rpm from the tarball without
> > checkinstall, and I am wondering whether there is already a program to
> > produce a tentative spec file to be afterwards changed and corrected
> > by the packager. Maybe a program like the one that I describe here
> > would increase the productivity of packager. Is there such a program?
>
> Many times I just use the template at http://www.rpm.org/howto/thefight/
> and go from there.  It has worked for pretty much every RPM I've ever
> had to build.
>
> To find out what the list of files is, I usually do the standard dance of:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
> make install DESTDIR /var/tmp/foo
>
> then I do
>
> cd /var/tmp/foo
> find . -type f | sed "s/^\.//" >> /path/to/specfile
>
> Go back and move the files into the right section of the spec file you
> are creating and then go to town.

Thanks to all. I have just done the following:

./configure --prefix=/usr
make
su
make install DESTDIR=/var/tmp/videotrans
cd /var/tmp/videotrans

but the directory /var/tmp/videotrans is empty!

Strange, is not it?

Paul