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diff --git a/doc/tor-rpm-creation.txt b/doc/tor-rpm-creation.txt index eb22c2225..a88f2e829 100644 --- a/doc/tor-rpm-creation.txt +++ b/doc/tor-rpm-creation.txt @@ -2,18 +2,9 @@ ## The process used to create the official rpms is as follows: -Download latest stable libevent from -http://libevent.org/ - -The first step of compiling libevent is to configure it as follows: -./configure --enable-static --disable-shared - -Complete the "make" and "make install". You will need to be root, -or sudo -s, to complete the "make install". - -Check for a successful universal binary of libevent.a in, by default, -/usr/local/lib by using the following command: - "file /usr/local/lib/libevent.a" +You'll need to install libevent headers, usually located in package named +libevent-devel. Alternatively, you could download latest libevent from +http://libevent.org/ but that shouldn't be necessary. Download and Extract the latest tor source code from https://www.torproject.org/download @@ -25,6 +16,9 @@ make dist-rpm You should have at least two, maybe three, rpms. There should be the binary i386.rpm, a src.rpm, and on redhat/centos machines, a debuginfo.rpm. +This step suffices unless you want to create RPMs for distros other than the +one you used for building. + ## Instructions for building RPMs for multiple architectures or distributions ## using 'mock' @@ -39,5 +33,22 @@ extension in the -r parameter): mock --rebuild -r fedora-17-x86_64 tor-X.Y.Z.src.rpm +Building for EL5 from newer distro (e.g. EL6 or Fedora 17) will fail due to bug +(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490613). +Here's a workaround: + +Before even building the source RPM, install fedora-packager and instruct +the build system to use rpmbuild-md5 like this: + +yum install fedora-packager +export RPMBUILD=rpmbuild-md5 + +Then proceed as usual to create the source RPM and binary RPMs: + +LIBS=-lrt ./configure +make dist-rpm +mock --rebuild -r epel-5-x86_64 tor-X.Y.Z.src.rpm + + (Note: don't build under OpenVZ - it breaks unshare() syscall, which in turn breaks mock. It could save you several hours.) |