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packit srpm

Create a SRPM of the present content in the upstream repository.

By default, packit uses git describe --tags --match '*.*' to create a unique version of the snapshot and git archive -o "{package_name}-{version}.tar.gz" --prefix "{package_name}-{version}/" HEAD to create a tarball with upstream sources.

You can override the archive and version commands in packit.yaml, e.g. this is what we use in ogr, a library which packit is using:

actions:
  create-archive:
    - python3 setup.py sdist --dist-dir ./fedora/
    - bash -c "ls -1t ./fedora/*.tar.gz | head -n 1"
  get-current-version: python3 setup.py --version

Requirements​

  • Upstream project is using git.
  • Packit config file placed in the upstream repository.

Tutorial​

  1. Place a config file for packit in the root of your upstream repository..

  2. Now we would generate a SRPM for ogr project:

    $ packit srpm
    Version in spec file is "0.0.3".
    SRPM: /home/tt/g/user-cont/ogr/python-ogr-0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318-1.fc29.src.rpm

    We can now build the package:

    $ rpmbuild --rebuild /home/tt/g/user-cont/ogr/python-ogr-0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318-1.fc29.src.rpm
    Installing /home/tt/g/user-cont/ogr/python-ogr-0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318-1.fc29.src.rpm
    Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.95VZ3c
    + umask 022
    + cd /home/tt/rpmbuild/BUILD
    + cd /home/tt/rpmbuild/BUILD
    + rm -rf ogr-0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318
    + /usr/bin/gzip -dc /home/tt/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ogr-0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318.tar.gz
    + /usr/bin/tar -xof -
    + STATUS=0
    ...
    Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.aYyTMP
    ...
    Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.fotlPv
    ...
    + exit 0
    Provides: python3-ogr = 0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318-1.fc29 python3.7dist(ogr) = 0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318 python3dist(ogr) = 0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318
    Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 rpmlib(PartialHardlinkSets) <= 4.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
    Requires: python(abi) = 3.7 python3.7dist(gitpython) python3.7dist(libpagure) python3.7dist(pygithub) python3.7dist(python-gitlab)
    Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /home/tt/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/python-ogr-0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318-1.fc29.x86_64
    Wrote: /home/tt/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/python3-ogr-0.0.4.dev11+gc9956c9.d20190318-1.fc29.noarch.rpm
    + exit 0

Help​

Usage: packit srpm [OPTIONS] [PATH_OR_URL]

  Create new SRPM (.src.rpm file) using content of the upstream repository.

  PATH_OR_URL argument is a local path or a URL to the upstream git
  repository, it defaults to the current working directory

Options:
  --output FILE                   Write the SRPM to FILE instead of current
                                  dir.
  --upstream-ref TEXT             Git ref of the last upstream commit in the
                                  current branch from which packit should
                                  generate patches (this option implies the
                                  repository is source-git).
  --update-release / --no-update-release
                                  Specifies whether to update Release.
                                  Defaults to value set in configuration,
                                  which defaults to yes.
  --bump / --no-bump              Deprecated. Use --[no-]update-release
                                  instead.
  --release-suffix TEXT           Specifies release suffix. Allows to override
                                  default generated:{current_time}.{sanitized_
                                  current_branch}{git_desc_suffix}
  --default-release-suffix        Allows to use default, packit-generated,
                                  release suffix when some release_suffix is
                                  specified in the configuration.
  -p, --package TEXT              Package to source build, if more than one
                                  available, like in a monorepo configuration.
                                  Use it multiple times to select multiple
                                  packages.Defaults to all the packages listed
                                  inside the config.
  -h, --help                      Show this message and exit.

As you can see, it is possible to create SRPM for source-git repositories as well. Just add an --upstream-ref option to the packit command.

If you have a git tag 0.1.0 specifying the upstream code, just run packit srpm --upstream-ref 0.1.0 to create an SRPM file. It will create an archive from the given upstream reference (0.1.0) and following commits will be added as downstream patches.

Just make sure, that you apply all the patches in the specfile. (Packit only adds the patches after the sources.) You can use a following setup:

  • Define the macro on top of the specfile:

    %global num_patches %{lua: c=0; for i,p in ipairs(patches) do c=c+1; end; print(c);}

  • Apply the patches in the %prep part:

    %if %{num_patches}
    git init
    git config user.email "noreply@example.com"
    git config user.name "John Foo"
    git add .
    git commit -a -q -m "%{version} baseline."
    # Apply all the patches.
    git am %{patches}
    %endif