FedFsUtilsFedoraPackage

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Revision as of 15:43, 22 October 2013

Set up

Start here:

 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates

See also:

 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Overview

 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers?rd=PackageMaintainers/Join

and

 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Using_the_Koji_build_system

Install redhat-rpm-config and fedora-packager:

 $ sudo yum install redhat-rpm-config fedora-packager fedora-review
 $ fedora-packager-setup

It asks for an "Export password." This is to protect the certificate before it is imported into a web browser. Web browser use is not required. Note that I will have to do this step every 6 months because the certificate generated by this step will expire.

Add your user ID to the local system's "mock" group.

 # usermod -a -G mock cel

After a new branch is created, you may find you are missing a mock config file for a new Fedora release.

 $ fedpkg mock-config > /tmp/mock.cfg
 $ sudo mv /tmp/mock.cfg /etc/mock/fedora-20-x86_64.cfg

Start up ssh agent. Use the local password.

 $ ssh-agent bash
 $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/fedora/id_rsa

 $ fedora-cert -n

Creates a local ~/.fedora and ~/.fedora.cert

Updating an existing package

Looks like we are following this process:

 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_update_HOWTO

 $ fedpkg clone fedfs-utils

If you already have a repository, make sure you start out on the master branch.

 $ fedpkg switch-branch master

It turns out "wget" of a gitweb tarball just doesn't work. I always get an XML blob. Clicking on the link works as expected. So I used my local copy of the fedfs-releases repository instead.

 $ fedpkg new-sources ~/src/fedfs/fedfs-releases/fedfs-utils-0.9.1.tar.gz

Update the .spec file Version: and Release: tags.

Try out the changes with one or all of these:

 $ fedpkg mockbuild
 $ fedpkg local
 $ rpmlint fedfs-utils.spec
 $ fedpkg lint
 $ fedpkg install; fedpkg verify-files
 $ fedora-review fedfs-utils

Fix any problems, then commit and push. Copy the commit message from the change log in the .spec file.

 $ fedpkg commit -p

Test the commit by recloning the package into /tmp and performing the mockbuild step again. If all is well, request a build:

 $ fedpkg build

Check the package build status here:

 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/ 

When are these changes available in rawhide so they can be tested?

When you are happy with the changes and the build is working, switch to appropriate stable branches and apply your change there.

 $ git show > /tmp/diff
 $ fedpkg switch-branch f19
 $ patch -p1 -i /tmp/diff
 $ fedpkg diff
 $ fedpkg mockbuild
 $ fedpkg local
 $ fedpkg install; fedpkg verify-files

After all is well, commit and push, and then build. Copy the commit message from the change log in the .spec file.

 $ fedpkg commit -p
 $ fedpkg build

Last step: notify bodhi of the update to finish the review process and get the change into the stable release branches. Use the Fedora "mrchuck" password.

 $ fedpkg update

I think this last step works only on the stable branches (ie, not on master).

After a week, if you haven't gained any negative karma, bodhi should let you log into the BUI and push the change to stable, which releases it to the download repositories after a day or two.

Click on the link in the e-mail. It should take you to a page under

 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates

Be sure to log in (top of the column on the left). Once logged in, you should see a link on the upper right hand side of the page labeled "Mark as stable". Click there.

Setting up a system for Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) package building and testing

External references:

  * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ
  * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
  * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:DistTag

  * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SysVInitScript

On Oracle Linux, set up the public yum repo.

 # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
 # wget https://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo

 # yum update

Next, install "epel-release" on your EL6 system so that you can install packages from the EPEL repository.

 # rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Now, with epel-release installed, you can install redhat-rpm-config and fedora-packager.

 # yum install redhat-rpm-config fedora-packager

Start up ssh-agent with the Fedora ssh key. Use the local password.

 $ ssh-agent bash
 $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/fedora/id_rsa

Go into your local Fedora package directory, and bring down a fresh copy of the fedfs-utils package source.

 $ fedpkg clone fedfs-utils

Switch to the EPEL branch.

 $ fedpkg switch-branch el6

Make your changes and go to the mockbuild step above.

[ these instructions are incomplete ]

As a final step, a packaging review must be requested. See:

 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_Review_Process#Contributor