From kdevelop-bugs  Sat Jul 22 17:04:04 2006
From: arenamaster () sbcglobal ! net
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:04:04 +0000
To: kdevelop-bugs
Subject: [Bug 131216] New: Building source and/or binary RPM fails
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           Summary: Building source and/or binary RPM fails
           Product: kdevelop
           Version: 3.3.3
          Platform: RedHat RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdevelop-bugs kdevelop org
        ReportedBy: arenamaster sbcglobal net


Version:           3.3.3 (using KDE KDE 3.5.3)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
OS:                Linux

When trying to build an RPM for my new program (which has never been distributed as an RPM before), I follow this procedure:

1) Project | Distribution & Publishing
2) Select Package Information and fill in the empty fields (version,release,vendor,license,summary,group,packager)
3) Click "Build Binary Package", which shows that the .spec file doesn't exist.
4) Click "Export Build Files" to create spec file.
5) Click "Build Binary Package".

The application window shows:

cd " && rpmbuild -ba [myprogram].kdevelop.spec
error: Legacy syntax is unsupported: copyright
error: line 9: Unknown tag: Copyright: GPL
*** Exited with status: 1 ***

Note that the double quote on the rpmbuild line appears verbatim in the KDevelop Application output tab, and was not a typo on my part.  I don't know how rpmbuild syntax works, so I'm pointing this out as what seems to me to be an oddity.

The GPL reference in the text above is probably because I entered GPL in the license field.

If I delete the Copyright line from the spec file, and try again to build a binary package, rpmbuild complains about an empty Source tag (I haven't made a source package yet).

If I change Copyright to License, go to the "Source Distribution" tab, click "Create Source Archive", manually copy the created archive file to "/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES", then try to build the binary package again, the process begins.  However, it produces many errors along the lines of:

tar: [myprogram].kdevelop/[some file in my archive]: Cannot open: File exists

The above repeats for every file in the source archive, including subdirectories.