perfsonar development work

[Guilherme Fernandes <>]

Maciej Glowiak wrote:
> Hi Guilherme,
Hi Maciej,
> I've got a problem with new script. I was trying to make RPM.
>
>
> My environment is:
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> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
>  pwd
> /opt/perfsonar
>
> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
>  whoami
> perfsonar
>
> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
>  grep perfsonar /etc/passwd
> perfsonar:x:1002:1002:perfsonar,,,,:/home/perfsonar:/bin/bash
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>
> I run the script:
>
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> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
>  perl package_maker.pl
> -- perfSONAR web services package maker --
> Enter service name [XML-LS]:
> Enter service version [1.2]:
> Enter service dependencies [perfsonar-tomcat-6.0.16 
> perfsonar-exist-1.1.1]:
Dependencies for RPM's must follow <name> <mod> <version>, and 
sepparated by commas. So in your case it would be "perfsonar-tomcat >= 
6.0.16, perfsonar-exist >= 1.1.1", but you could use just 
"perfsonar-tomcat, perfsonar-exist".
> Enter the architecture for this package [noarch]:
> Enter service maintainer (e.g. Me <>) [Maciej Glowiak 
> <>]:
> Enter service summary [Lookup Service for perfSONAR (GEANT2)]:
> Last entered service description:
> Use that one (y/n) [n]?y
> Last entered message to user after installation:
> Use that one (y/n) [n]?y
> Which type of package would you like to create:
> 1. rpm
> 2. deb
> Please choose a number: 1
> błąd: Plik /home/perfsonar/rpm/SOURCES/xml-ls-1.2.tar.gz: No such file 
> or directory
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>
> Last line means: "Error: File /home/perfsonar/rpm/SOURCES/
>                   xml-ls-1.2.tar.gz: No such file or directory"
>
> "rpmbuild" directory was created:
>
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> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
>  ls
> package_maker.pl  perfsonar-exist-1.1.1-1.noarch.rpm 
> perfsonar-tomcat-6.0.16-3.i386.rpm  rpmbuild  webapps
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>
> but no RPM was created:
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> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
>  ls rpmbuild/RPMS/
> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
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>
> My home directory is still /home/perfsonar and is empty:
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> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
>  ls /home/perfsonar
> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
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>
> After changing home directory to /opt/perfsonar:
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> perfsonar@reed:/opt/perfsonar$
>  grep perfsonar /etc/passwd
> perfsonar:x:1002:1002:perfsonar,,,,:/opt/perfsonar:/bin/bash
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>
>  (what I guess shouldn't be done) I get the same error
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> błąd: Plik /home/perfsonar/rpm/SOURCES/xml-ls-1.2.tar.gz: No such file 
> or directory
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>
>
> I thing there is an error in the script (wrong directory). Could you 
> fix  it - or I do something wrong?
Could you please check what are the values in /home/perfsonar/.rpmmacros?

Can you connect to skype so we can solve this faster?

Best regards,

Guilherme
> Best regards
> Maciej