Re: FC5 "rpmbuild -ta" problems

[Mamoru Tasaka <mtasaka ioa s u-tokyo ac jp>]

Marcio Oliveira wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I got many error messages on FC5 fully updated trying to compile tar 
> packages using "rpmbuild -ta tar_package.tar.gz" command.

This is already filed:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206841


> I solved this problem adding "-" before tar options and "--wildcards"  
> to tar command in build.c file. (see attached patch).
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --- rpm-4.4.2/build.c.orig	2006-09-29 09:17:25.000000000 -0300
> +++ rpm-4.4.2/build.c	2006-09-29 09:18:01.000000000 -0300
> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
>  	(void) isCompressed(arg, &res);
>  
>  	cmd = alloca(strlen(arg) + 50 + strlen(tmpSpecFile));
> -	sprintf(cmd, "%s < %s | tar xOvf - Specfile 2>&1 > %s",
> +	sprintf(cmd, "%s < %s | tar -xOvf - Specfile 2>&1 > %s",
>  			zcmds[res & 0x3], arg, tmpSpecFile);
>  	if (!(fp = popen(cmd, "r"))) {
>  	    rpmError(RPMERR_POPEN, _("Failed to open tar pipe: %m\n"));
> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
>  	    /* Try again */
>  	    (void) pclose(fp);
>  
> -	    sprintf(cmd, "%s < %s | tar xOvf - \\*.spec 2>&1 > %s",
> +	    sprintf(cmd, "%s < %s | tar --wildcards -xOvf - \\*.spec 2>&1 > %s",
>  		    zcmds[res & 0x3], arg, tmpSpecFile);
>  	    if (!(fp = popen(cmd, "r"))) {
>  		rpmError(RPMERR_POPEN, _("Failed to open tar pipe: %m\n"));

Posting this patch to bugzilla would highly appreciated, I think.

Mamoru Tasaka