From: Neal Becker (ndbecker2_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 05 2007 - 11:42:09 PDT
On Wednesday 01 August 2007, Paul H. Hargrove wrote:
> Neal Becker wrote:
> > I'm beginning to like a simpler alternative to fixing the rpath problem.
> > Fedora now has a little util called chrpath. After %install, just add:
> >
> > chrpath -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/cr_checkpoint
> > chrpath -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/cr_restart
> >
> > This deletes the rpaths.
> >
> > Only issue is, should add buildrequires chrpath. How to make this rule
> > apply only to systems that need it?
>
> Neal,
> I like that this has less impact than autoreconf. At least 2
> possibilities come to mind:
>
> 1) Implement logic for '--define "with_chrpath 1"' to allow the builder
> to request this behavior.
> 2) Always run chrpath and ignore errors
> (\
> chrpath -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/cr_checkpoint;\
> chrpath -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/cr_restart;\
> ) 2>/dev/null || true
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -Paul
Having to request it is annoying, since you don't discover the problem until
the build is complete. The second option is fine. chrpath is an optional
package that most builders might not have installed. I think testing whether
the system actually requires the rpath fix is too complicated.