Packaging RPMs

Using Mock to Build Binary RPMs from Source RPMs

1. Install mock

sudo yum install rpmdevtools mock createrepo

2. Add yourself to the mock group

sudo /usr/sbin/usermod --groups mock --append $USER

3. Setup your development tree

rpmdev-setuptree

4. Change the current working directory to the development tree

cd ~/rpmbuild

5. Put the source RPM into SRPM directory

pushd SRPM
wget http://silassewell.googlecode.com/files/fabric-0.0.9-3.src.rpm
popd

6. List available build targets

ls -1 /etc/mock/*.cfg | cut -d'/' -f4 | cut -d'.' -f1

7. Pick one and build

mock -vr fedora-rawhide-i386 SRPM/fabric-0.0.9-3.src.rpm

8. Get results

cp /var/lib/mock/fedora-rawhide-i386/result/*.rpm RPM