RPMBUILD
Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (8)
Updated: 09 June 2002
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NAME
rpmbuild - Build RPM Package(s)
SYNOPSIS
BUILDING PACKAGES:
rpmbuild {-ba|-bb|-bp|-bc|-bi|-bl|-bs|-br} [rpmbuild-options] SPECFILE ...
rpmbuild {-ra|-rb|-rp|-rc|-ri|-rl|-rs|-rr} [rpmbuild-options] SOURCEPACKAGE ...
rpmbuild {-ta|-tb|-tp|-tc|-ti|-tl|-ts|-tr} [rpmbuild-options] TARBALL ...
rpmbuild {--rebuild|--recompile} SOURCEPKG ...
MISCELLANEOUS:
rpmbuild --showrc
rpmbuild-options
[--buildroot DIRECTORY] [--clean] [--nobuild]
[--rmsource] [--rmspec] [--short-circuit] [--build-in-place]
[--noprep] [--noclean] [--nocheck]
[--rpmfcdebug]
[--target PLATFORM]
[--with OPTION] [--without OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
rpmbuild is used to build both binary and source software packages.
A package consists of an archive of files and
meta-data used to install and erase the archive files. The meta-data
includes helper scripts, file attributes, and descriptive information
about the package.
Packages come in two varieties: binary packages,
used to encapsulate software to be installed, and source packages,
containing the source code and recipe necessary to produce binary
packages.
One of the following basic modes must be selected:
Build Package,
Build Package from Tarball,
Recompile Package,
Show Configuration.
GENERAL OPTIONS
These options can be used in all the different modes.
- -?, --help
-
Print a longer usage message then normal.
- --version
-
Print a single line containing the version number of rpm
being used.
- --quiet
-
Print as little as possible - normally only error messages will
be displayed.
- -v
-
Print verbose information - normally routine progress messages will be
displayed.
- -vv
-
Print lots of ugly debugging information.
- --rpmfcdebug
-
Enables to debug dependencies generation.
- --rcfile FILELIST
-
Each of the files in the colon separated
FILELIST
is read sequentially by rpm for configuration
information.
Only the first file in the list must exist, and tildes will be
expanded to the value of $HOME.
The default FILELIST is
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:/usr/lib/rpm/<vendor>/rpmrc:/etc/rpmrc:~/.rpmrc.
- --pipe CMD
-
Pipes the output of rpm to the command CMD.
- --dbpath DIRECTORY
-
Use the database in DIRECTORY rather
than the default path /var/lib/rpm
- --root DIRECTORY
-
Use the file system tree rooted at DIRECTORY for all operations.
Note that this means the database within
DIRECTORY
will be used for dependency checks and any scriptlet(s) (e.g.
%post if installing, or
%prep if building, a package)
will be run after a chroot(2) to
DIRECTORY.
- -D, --define='MACRO EXPR'
-
Defines MACRO with value EXPR.
- --scm=SCM
-
Select the SCM to use with %autosetup, if one is not set in the spec file.
Note that not all values for SCM, e.g., patch (the default) and
gendiff, git, or quilt work interchangeably with all
other patches and options stated in the %autosetup line, especially
option -pN.
BUILD OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm build command is
rpmbuild {-bSTAGE|-rSTAGE|-tSTAGE} [rpmbuild-options] FILE ...
The argument used is -b if a spec file is being
used to build the package, -r if a source package is to be rebuilt
and -t if rpmbuild
should look inside of a (possibly compressed) tar file for
the spec file to use.
Packages are built in a number of stages.
The first six correspond to the following sections in a spec file: %prep,
%generate_buildrequires, %build, %install, %check and
%clean.
Finally, binary and source packages are created in an assembly stage.
The STAGE character specifies the stage to finish with (after doing all
the stages preceding it), and is one of:
- -ba
-
Perform a full build - executes up to and including the assembly stage.
In most cases, this is the option to choose.
- -bb
-
Build just the binary packages - executes up to and including the assembly
stage, but without creating the source package.
- -bp
-
Unpack the sources and apply any patches - executes the %prep stage only.
- -bc
-
Compile the sources - executes up to and including the %build stage.
This generally involves the equivalent of a "make".
- -bi
-
Install the binaries into the build root - executes up to and including the
%check stage.
This generally involves the equivalent of a "make install" and "make check".
- -bl
-
Do a "list check" - the %files section from the spec file is macro expanded,
and checks are made to verify that each file exists.
- -bs
-
Build just the source package - skips straight to the assembly stage, without
executing any of the preceding stages or creating binary packages.
- -br
-
Build just the source package, but also parse and include dynamic build
dependencies - executes up to and including the %generate_buildrequires stage
and then skips straight to the assembly stage, without creating binary
packages.
This command can be used to fully resolve dynamic build dependencies.
See the DYNAMIC BUILD DEPENDENCIES section for details.
The following options may also be used:
- --buildroot DIRECTORY
-
When building a package, override the BuildRoot tag with directory
DIRECTORY.
- --clean
-
Remove the build tree after the packages are made.
- --nobuild
-
Do not execute any build stages. Useful for testing out spec files.
- --noprep
-
Do not execute %prep build stage even if present in spec.
- --noclean
-
Do not execute %clean build stage even if present in spec.
- --nocheck
-
Do not execute %check build stage even if present in spec.
- --nodebuginfo
-
Do not generate debuginfo packages.
- --nodeps
-
Do not verify build dependencies.
- --rmsource
-
Remove the sources after the build (may also be
used standalone, e.g. "rpmbuild --rmsource foo.spec").
- --rmspec
-
Remove the spec file after the build (may also be
used standalone, eg. "rpmbuild --rmspec foo.spec").
- --short-circuit
-
Skip straight to specified stage (i.e., skip all stages leading
up to the specified stage). Only valid with -bc, -bi,
and -bb. Useful for local testing only. Packages built this
way will be marked with an unsatisfiable dependency to prevent
their accidental use.
- --build-in-place
-
Build from locally checked out sources. Sets _builddir to current working
directory. Skips handling of -n and untar in the %setup and the deletion of
the buildSubdir.
- --target PLATFORM
-
When building the package, interpret PLATFORM
as arch-vendor-os and set the macros
%_target,
%_target_cpu, and
%_target_os
accordingly.
- --with OPTION
-
Enable configure OPTION for build.
- --without OPTION
-
Disable configure OPTION for build.
REBUILD AND RECOMPILE OPTIONS
There are two other ways to invoke building with rpm:
rpmbuild --rebuild|--recompile SOURCEPKG ...
When invoked this way, rpmbuild installs the named source
package, and does a prep, compile and install. In addition,
--rebuild builds a new binary package. When the build
has completed, the build directory is removed (as in
--clean) and the the sources and spec file for
the package are removed.
These options are now superseded by the -r* options which allow
much more fine control over what stages of the build to run.
DYNAMIC BUILD DEPENDENCIES
When the %generate_buildrequires stage runs and some of the newly generated
BuildRequires are not satisfied, rpmbuild creates an intermediate source
package ending in buildreqs.nosrc.rpm, which has the new BuildRequires,
and exits with code 11.
This package can then be used in place of the original source package to
resolve and install the missing build dependencies in the usual way, such as
with dnf-builddep(8).
Multiple layers of dynamic build dependencies may exist in a spec file; the
presence of specific BuildRequires on the system may yield new BuildRequires
next time a build is performed with the same source package.
The easiest way to ensure that all dynamic build dependencies are satisfied is
to run the -br command, install the new dependencies of the
buildreqs.nosrc.rpm package and repeat the whole procedure until
rpmbuild no longer exits with code 11.
If the -br command is coupled with --nodeps, exit code 11 is
always returned and a buildreqs.nosrc.rpm package is always created.
SHOWRC
The command
rpmbuild --showrc
shows the values rpmbuild will use for all of the
options are currently set in
rpmrc and
macros
configuration file(s).
FILES
rpmrc Configuration
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc
/usr/lib/rpm/<vendor>/rpmrc
/etc/rpmrc
~/.rpmrc
Macro Configuration
/usr/lib/rpm/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/<vendor>/macros
/etc/rpm/macros
~/.rpmmacros
Temporary
/var/tmp/rpm*
SEE ALSO
gendiff(1),
popt(3),
rpm(8),
rpm2cpio(8),
rpmkeys(8)
rpmspec(8),
rpmsign(8),
rpmbuild --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt
aliases it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the manual
matches what's available.
http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>
AUTHORS
Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>