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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.