OS X can't build rpm with noarch and linux as the target

[alanivey]

I'm writing simple bash scripts on my OS X machine that will ultimately be installed on Linux servers but ran into this problem. I isolated it down to where it breaks down.

Using OS X as the build host, you can specify --rpm-os linux:

$ fpm --rpm-os linux -t rpm -s dir -n test -v 1.0 testdir
no value for epoch is set, defaulting to nil {:level=>:warn}
no value for epoch is set, defaulting to nil {:level=>:warn}
Created package {:path=>"test-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm"}

You can specify --architecture all:

$ fpm --architecture all -t rpm -s dir -n test -v 1.0 testdir
no value for epoch is set, defaulting to nil {:level=>:warn}
no value for epoch is set, defaulting to nil {:level=>:warn}
Created package {:path=>"test-1.0-1.noarch.rpm"}

But, they don't work together:

$ fpm --rpm-os linux --architecture all -t rpm -s dir -n test -v 1.0 testdir
no value for epoch is set, defaulting to nil {:level=>:warn}
no value for epoch is set, defaulting to nil {:level=>:warn}
Process failed: rpmbuild failed (exit code 1). Full command was:["rpmbuild", "-bb", "--target", "noarch", "--target", "noarch-unknown-linux", "--define", "buildroot /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55088-e2srjo/BUILD", "--define", "_topdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55088-e2srjo", "--define", "_sourcedir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55088-e2srjo", "--define", "_rpmdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55088-e2srjo/RPMS", "/var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55088-e2srjo/SPECS/test.spec"] {:level=>:error}

The debug output is in this gist: https://gist.github.com/alanthing/5d8313a0645919faba01

I built rpm with Homebrew, which I have installed in /Users/alan/.homebrew instead of /usr/local/ but that hasn't been a problem and I doubt it's what's going on here. Also, I'm using fpm 1.1, installed via gem. I'm using ruby 1.9.3 via RVM and a gemset specifically for fpm.

[alanivey]

Looks like --rpm-os can't be set to anything on OS X (meaning, not just a problem when using 'linux') when also using -a all...

$ fpm --rpm-os darwin --architecture all -t rpm -s dir -n test -v 1.0 testdir
Process failed: rpmbuild failed (exit code 1). Full command was:["rpmbuild", "-bb", "--target", "noarch", "--target", "noarch-unknown-darwin", "--define", "buildroot /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55820-1d9oui/BUILD", "--define", "_topdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55820-1d9oui", "--define", "_sourcedir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55820-1d9oui", "--define", "_rpmdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55820-1d9oui/RPMS", "/var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55820-1d9oui/SPECS/test.spec"] {:level=>:error}
$ fpm --rpm-os darwin --architecture noarch -t rpm -s dir -n test -v 1.0 testdir
Process failed: rpmbuild failed (exit code 1). Full command was:["rpmbuild", "-bb", "--target", "noarch", "--target", "noarch-unknown-darwin", "--define", "buildroot /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55880-vn0sr/BUILD", "--define", "_topdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55880-vn0sr", "--define", "_sourcedir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55880-vn0sr", "--define", "_rpmdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55880-vn0sr/RPMS", "/var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55880-vn0sr/SPECS/test.spec"] {:level=>:error}
$ fpm --rpm-os darwin --architecture x86_64 -t rpm -s dir -n test -v 1.0 testdir
Created package {:path=>"test-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm"}

[jordansissel]

Can you include the output when running this with the --verbose flag?

[alanivey]

The gist link includes --debug, should I still run with --verbose?

[jordansissel]

doh, I didn't see that, thanks!

[jordansissel]

Ok so here's where rpmbuild is complaining:

Processing files: test-1.0-1.noarch {:level=>:info, :file=>"cabin/mixins/pipe.rb", :line=>"46"}
{:level=>:info, :file=>"cabin/mixins/pipe.rb", :line=>"46"}
error: File not found: /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy/BUILD/testdir/testfile {:level=>:info, :file=>"cabin/mixins/pipe.rb", :line=>"46"}
{:level=>:info, :file=>"cabin/mixins/pipe.rb", :line=>"46"}
File not found: /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy/BUILD/testdir/testfile {:level=>:info, :file=>"cabin/mixins/pipe.rb", :line=>"46"}
RPM build errors: {:level=>:info, :file=>"cabin/mixins/pipe.rb", :line=>"46"}

[jordansissel]

Based on this, I don't believe it to be an architecture issue, but instead something about how fpm is writing files, I guess? I have a mac laptop so I will try to reproduce.

[alanivey]

On the debug gist, lines 153 and 158 are missing the arch. I wonder if it's getting stripped by accident before those steps?

[kikitux]

@alanthing any news ? i am interested on building rpms on mac

[alanivey]

Nothing yet, but I'm not much of a rubyist. I'll see if I can set up an environment here locally and get something going.

[alanivey]

If I comment out lines 315-319 of lib/fpm/package/rpm.rb I am able to run fpm --rpm-os linux --architecture all -t rpm -s dir -n test -v 1.0 testdir.

I'll see if I can clean up that block so it works as intended but still allows --rpm-os to be set with --architecture changes and submit a PR.

[alanivey]

It also works if I comment out 311-313. Also, this is from my debug output from the original comment:

Running rpmbuild {:args=>["rpmbuild", "-bb", "--target", "noarch", "--target", "noarch-unknown-linux", "--define", "buildroot /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy/BUILD", "--define", "_topdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy", "--define", "_sourcedir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy", "--define", "_rpmdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy/RPMS", "/var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy/SPECS/test.spec"], :level=>:info, :file=>"fpm/package/rpm.rb", :line=>"387"}
Running command {:args=>["rpmbuild", "-bb", "--target", "noarch", "--target", "noarch-unknown-linux", "--define", "buildroot /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy/BUILD", "--define", "_topdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy", "--define", "_sourcedir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy", "--define", "_rpmdir /var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy/RPMS", "/var/folders/97/qtcflz1s6_q54cp2blsl06n80000gn/T/package-rpm-build20140516-55110-b1gyy/SPECS/test.spec"], :level=>:debug, :file=>"fpm/util.rb", :line=>"59"}

At this point, I'm thinking it's because --target is defined twice. I'll see if I can get a resolution.

[alanivey]

This seems to do it, pull request coming shortly...

if %x{uname -m}.chomp != self.architecture
  rpm_target = self.architecture
end

# issue #309
if !attributes[:rpm_os].nil?
  rpm_target = "#{architecture}-unknown-#{attributes[:rpm_os]}"
end

# issue #707
if !rpm_target.nil?
  args += ["--target", rpm_target]
end

[alanivey]

Pull request #716 submitted. Hopefully this works out @jordansissel