[PATCH] udev spec file symlink support

> Hm, I would also like to add the /etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug
> symlink, but rpm doesn't seem to like symlinks in the %files section.
> Anyone know how to do this properly?

The problem is that the symlink is left dangling to an absolute location
in the build root, which won't exist on the installer's system.  RPM 4.0
and on catches this.

Attached patch fixes it up and makes it work.

diff --git a/udev.spec b/udev.spec
index ffb643c57abfc221be6171ec25385d81f40ec7f4..59b06a0d1633412e0ba2ea45aa5f0ef35c96ef2e 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.spec
+++ b/udev.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ make CC="gcc $RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 
 %install
 make prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug
+ln -s /sbin/udev ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %attr(755,root,root) /etc/udev/
 %attr(0644,root,root) /etc/udev/namedev.config
 %attr(0644,root,root) /etc/udev/namedev.permissions
+%attr(-,root,root) /etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man8/udev.8*
 
 %changelog
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 - Correctly install the right files
 - Pass the RPM_OPT_FLAGS to gcc so we can build per the build policy
 - Put some prereqs in
+- Install the hotplug symlink to udev
 
 * Mon Jul 28 2003 Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
 - Initial spec file for udev-0.2.