- How do I build Apcupsd for platform xxx?
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The apcupsd spec file contains defines to build for several platforms: RedHat
7.x (rh7), RedHat 8.0 (rh8), RedHat 9 (rh9), Fedora Core (fedora_core), RedHat
Enterprise Linux and clones (rhel3 and rhel4), SuSE 9 & 10 (suse), and Mandrake (mdk).
The package build is controlled by a define set at the beginning of the file.
These defines basically just control the dependancy information that gets coded into
the finished rpm package. So while you could technically build a package without
defining a platform, or with an incorrect platform, and have it install and run it would
not contain correct dependancy information for the rpm database. The platform define may
be edited in the spec file directly (by default all defines are set to 0 or
``not set''). For example, to build the RedHat 7.x package find the line in
the spec file which reads
%define rh7 0
and edit it to read
%define rh7 1
Alternately you may pass the define on the command line when calling rpmbuild:
rpmbuild -ba --define "build_rh7 1" apcupsd.spec
rpmbuild --rebuild --define build_rh7 1" apcupsd-x.x.x-x.src.rpm
- How do I control whether usb support gets built?
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Up through version 3.12, by default standard serial port support
was built and the apcupsd-std package was produced. The usb
package pre-configured the configuration files for usb devices and
installed a couple additional tools in /etc/apcupsd but the usb
driver was built regardless. To get the usb package and support
in those versions either set the
%define usb 0
to
%define usb 1
in the spec file directly or pass it to rpmbuild on the command line:
rpmbuild -ba --define "build_rh7 1" --define "build_usb 1" apcupsd.spec
With the release of 3.14 USB support is now considered standard and the
apcupsd-std and apcupsd-usb packages are obsoleted in favor of a single
apcupsd package configured for usb connected UPS's. The serial port driver
is still built and can be configured accordingly after installation. If you
are performing an upgrade it will of course not replace your current config file.
The build directive:
--define "build_usb 1"
is no longer recognized.
- What other defines are used?
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There is a define for the initdir for the daemon control script. On
RedHat or Mandrake systems this is set to /etc/rc.d/init.d/. On SuSE systems this is
set to /etc/rc.d. You would only need to edit this if packaging for a platform that
uses a different directory.
A second define controls whether the Gnome monitoring application, new in the
3.14 release, is built. This application requires the Gtk2 version to be >= 2.4.
If you want to build the apcupsd-gapcmon package add:
--define "build_gapcmon 1"
A third define controls whether the SNMP driver is built. If you want to build the net-snmp driver add:
--define "build_snmp 1"
- Can I supply packages for other platforms you do not publish?
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Yes, there are tools provided for contributors to supply rpm packages for platforms
for which support is provided in the spec file but for which the development team
chooses not to release binary packages, usually due to lack of interest or lack of an
available platform. Please see platforms/contrib/README in the source package.
- I'm getting errors about not having permission when
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I try to build the packages. Do I need to be root? No, you do not need to be
root and, in fact, it is better practice to build rpm packages as a non-root
user. Apcupds packages are designed to be built by a regular user but you
must make a few changes on your system to do this. If you are building on
your own system then the simplest method is to add write permissions for all
to the build directory (/usr/src/redhat/). To accomplish this execute one of the
following commands as root depending on your distribution, RedHat, SuSE or
Mandriva, respectively:
chmod -R 777 /usr/src/redhat
chmod -R 777 /usr/src/packages
chmod -R 777 /usr/src/RPM
If you are working on a shared system where you can not use the method above
then you need to recreate the /usr/src/redhat (or other) directory tree with all
of it's subdirectories inside your home directory. Then create a file named
.rpmmacros
in your home directory (or edit the file if it already exists) and add the
following line:
%_topdir /home/myuser/redhat