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| author | Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@gmail.com> | 2013-03-05 22:20:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@gmail.com> | 2013-03-05 22:20:16 +0000 |
| commit | 52872af2a1088df6dbfd9106d77771e7dd13bb49 (patch) | |
| tree | 40c846369acad94bef712d1148036aa5d5345384 /docbook | |
| parent | b204e38aef8bf9905e8d3d1e44361ae77a8f0c3f (diff) | |
Update the information on building RPMs based on recent work. Include the information that the Qt development package needs to be installed.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=48109
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook')
| -rw-r--r-- | docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_sources.xml | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_sources.xml b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_sources.xml index 21119aca63..df88f1d5a4 100644 --- a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_sources.xml +++ b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_sources.xml @@ -1127,11 +1127,15 @@ Index: file.h <para> The RPM is built using rpmbuild (http://www.rpm.org/), which comes as standard on many flavours of Linux, including Red Hat and Fedora. The process creates a clean build environment in <filename>packaging/rpm/BUILD</filename> every - time the RPM is built. The settings controlling the build are in <filename>packaging/rpm/SPECS/wireshark.spec.in</filename>. After editing the settings in this file, <filename>./configure</filename> must be run again in the wireshark directory to generate the actual specification script. + time the RPM is built. The settings controlling the build are in <filename>packaging/rpm/SPECS/wireshark.spec.in</filename>. + After editing the settings in this file, <filename>./configure</filename> must be run again in the wireshark directory to + generate the actual specification script. </para> <warning><title>Warn!</title><para> The SPEC file contains settings for the <filename>configure</filename> used to set the RPM build environment. These are - completely independent of any settings passed to the usual Wireshark <filename>./configure</filename>.</para></warning> + completely independent of any settings passed to the usual Wireshark <filename>./configure</filename>. The exception to + this rule is that the prefix given to <filename>configure</filename> (<userinput>--prefix</userinput>) is passed to + rpmbuild.</para></warning> <para> In the wireshark directory, type: </para> @@ -1139,12 +1143,15 @@ Index: file.h <prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>make rpm-package</userinput> </para> <para> - to build the RPM. Once it is done, there will be a message stating where the built RPM can be found. + to build the RPM and source RPM. Once it is done, there will be a message stating where the built RPM can be found. </para> <tip><title>Tip!</title> - <para> - Because this does a clean build, as well as constructing the package, this can take quite a long time. - </para> + <para>Because this does a clean build, as well as constructing the package, this can take quite a long time.</para> + </tip> + <tip><title>Tip!</title> + <para>Building the RPM requires building a source distribution which itself requires the Qt development tools + <filename>uic</filename> and <filename>moc</filename>. These can usually be obtained by installing the + <filename>qt-devel</filename> package.</para> </tip> </section> |