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RPM packaging a directory of files
Hi, I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction


I have a requirement to distribute a set of admin scripts that currently sit in an SVN repo by packaging them up in an RPM so that they can me unpacked to the correct location by simply installing the package .. e.g. 'yum install admin-scripts'

I just needed some advice on how i would achieve this within the spec file

Im not quite sure what I would use as the source0: ?

normally i would point to a tar.gz of source code, but in this case, I need to first checkout the contents of a repository to a temp dir somewhere, then point to that dir as the source (and all of its subdirectoies)

So I guess I have 2 questions -

1) does the %prep section run before the source0: line is evaluated (in other words can i run a script in %prep to extract the dir tree from SVN that will ultimately be used by source0:

2) can I use a 'directory' as a source0: ? so that it knows to pack up everything under that location ?

I hope all that made sense

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated
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GPT-PKG(8)						User Contributed Perl Documentation						GPT-PKG(8)

NAME

       gpt-pkg - Creates flavored binary packages out of an installation

SYNOPSIS

       gpt-pkg [options] packages

	 Options:

	    -verbose			      Print copious output
	    -help			      Print usage
	    -man			      Print man page.
	    -version			      Print GPT version.
	    -native			      Create native pkgs as well as GPT pkgs (RPMs only).
	    -all			      Archive everything in the package directory..
	    -installdir=PATH		      Override $GLOBUS_LOCATION
	    -pkgdir=PATH		      Directory to put the packages
	    -rpmprefix=PATH		      Absolute path encoded in the RPM.
	    -buildnumber=NUMBER 	      Build number used for pgm_static packages
	    -rpmlicense=LABEL		      License Label added to the RPM header
	    [packages]			      List of packages to be archived

DESCRIPTION

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FILES IN PGM PACKAGES

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OPTIONS

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	       Specify the directory in which the installed files currently live.  If this argument is not supplied, the value of the environment
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	       Prints out all of the build messages.

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