~/rpmbuild directory can't be a symlink?

[Franta Hanzlík]

I was just trying to build the rpm package (samba-4.18.1-0.fc38 from
 Fedora SRPM) but the build ended with an error:
...
Processing files: ctdb-ceph-mutex-4.18.3-4.fc38.x86_64
Provides: ctdb-ceph-mutex = 2:4.18.3-4.fc38 ctdb-ceph-mutex(x86-64) = 2:4.18.3-4.fc38
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(FileDigests) <=
4.6.0-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
Requires: ld-linux-x86-64.so.2()(64bit) libc.so.6()(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.34)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
libgcc_s.so.1()(64bit) librados.so.2()(64bit) libtalloc.so.2()(64bit)
libtalloc.so.2(TALLOC_2.0.2)(64bit) libtevent.so.0()(64bit)
libtevent.so.0(TEVENT_0.9.9)(64bit) rtld(GNU_HASH)
Processing files: samba-debugsource-4.18.3-4.fc38.x86_64
error: Empty %files file /home/hanzlik/rpmbuild/BUILD/samba-4.18.3/debugsourcefiles.list

RPM build errors:
    Empty %files file /home/hanzlik/rpmbuild/BUILD/samba-4.18.3/debugsourcefiles.list


The problem seems to be somehow caused by ~/rpmbuild being a symlink (

$ ll ~/rpmbuild
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 hanzlik hanzlik 43 Jul  6 05:07 /home/hanzlik/rpmbuild ->
../../mnt/zalohy/SW/linux/rpm/rela_rpmbuild

), and it doesn't matter if relative or absolute.
If ~/rpmbuild is a real directory, the build succeeds.

It's a general problem and rpmbuild must not be a symlink (I haven't
found it anywhere yet) or it is e.g. rpm system error (some macro,
etc.)?
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Thanks, Franta Hanzlík

[Tom Horsley]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 05:59:05 +0200
Franta Hanzlík via users wrote:

>  The problem seems to be somehow caused by ~/rpmbuild being a symlink
> ( 
If a symlink is the problem, you could always set up a ~/.rpmmacros
file with the line:

%_topdir      /path/to/real/rpmbuild

[Franta Hanzlík]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 09:42:30 -0400
Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 05:59:05 +0200
>  Franta Hanzlík via users wrote:
>  
>  > The problem seems to be somehow caused by ~/rpmbuild being a symlink (  
>  
>  If a symlink is the problem, you could always set up a ~/.rpmmacros
>  file with the line:
>  
>  %_topdir      /path/to/real/rpmbuild
>  _______________________________________________ 
I already use ~/.rpmmacros on my PC for %_topdir, %_tmppath and other.
But sometimes I need to build an RPM package "in the field", at my
colleagues/friends/... machines - and I don't use the ~/.rpmmacros
file there, and I symlink ~/rpmbuild to another location/partition
quite often.
And I haven't noticed a problem, until now, with this package...
Oh well, I'll remember that a symlink might not be a good idea in this
case...
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Thanks, Franta Hanzlík

[Barry]

>  On 6 Jul 2023, at 15:08, Franta Hanzlík via users
> <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  
>  But sometimes I need to build an RPM package "in the field", at my
>  colleagues/friends/... machines - and I don't use the ~/.rpmmacros 
Why not put the one line in the .rpmmacros when off site, i am curious?
It is surely no less a problem then setting synlink.

Barry

[Franta Hanzlík]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 22:16:09 +0100
Barry <barry(a)barrys-emacs.org&gt; wrote:

>  > On 6 Jul 2023, at 15:08, Franta Hanzlík via users
> <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  > 
>  > But sometimes I need to build an RPM package "in the field", at my
>  > colleagues/friends/... machines - and I don't use the ~/.rpmmacros  
>  
>  Why not put the one line in the .rpmmacros when off site, i am curious?
>  It is surely no less a problem then setting synlink.
>  
>  Barry 
I had no idea the symlink could be a problem until this case, building
RPM packages has worked so far. So making a symlink was easier than
writing a ~/.rpmmacros file.
But my question, simply, is:
- is the use of a symlink for these purposes prohibited?
- if not, it probably makes sense to report it as a bug, right?
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Thanks, Franta Hanzlik