Building chromium, how to pack it into rpm?

[BenderBendingRodriguez]

I recently downloaded at last chromium svn (bloody 2.5GB of data), i can succesfully build it for both architectures, how can i pack it into an rpm file?

I build it with make -r -j4 chrome BUILDTYPE=Release, the output goes to a folder out/Release/ , in that folder i'd like to omit the obj/ folder (lots of files, size of hundreds of MiB). How can i make an rpm from that?

I'd like to publish it for people to test out the chromium build but i don't know at all how to build bloody rpm or spec file. Any help would be appreciated please.

[malcolmlewis]

Originally Posted by BenderBendingRodriguez

I recently downloaded at last chromium svn (bloody 2.5GB of data), i can
succesfully build it for both architectures, how can i pack it into an
rpm file?

I build it with make -r -j4 chrome BUILDTYPE=Release, the output goes
to a folder out/Release/ , in that folder i'd like to omit the obj/
folder (lots of files, size of hundreds of MiB). How can i make an rpm
from that?

I'd like to publish it for people to test out the chromium build but i
don't know at all how to build bloody rpm or spec file. Any help would
be appreciated please.

Hi
So I've downloaded the tarball (840MB) and am just syncing it as per
this <http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/get-the-code> in a
11.1 64bit vmware machine. Once I get the code down, will look at rest
of the building process to identify your buildrequires etc

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[BenderBendingRodriguez]

Thanks for help, on the other hand i am trying to build an rpm with checkinstall I wonder what will be the outcome of that experiment

[malcolmlewis]

Originally Posted by BenderBendingRodriguez

Thanks for help, on the other hand i am trying to build an rpm with
checkinstall I wonder what will be the outcome of that experiment

Hi
No worries, it should also be noted that there will be a need to
package up the depot tools as an rpm as well

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[BenderBendingRodriguez]

Hmm, i managed to create nice package with checkinstall

[BenderBendingRodriguez]

I found out how to nicely make an rpm from a folder or anything.

checkinstall --exclude=/ --inspect make (issue it anywhere where you have to use the make command), after that it will take You to vi where you can specify of what and where include in that rpm )

[malcolmlewis]

Originally Posted by BenderBendingRodriguez

Hmm, i managed to create nice package with checkinstall

Hi
Good going, so what does the spec file look like?

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[BenderBendingRodriguez]

It didn't create any spec files i guess.

If it will ease it up i could create an rpm file for those depot tools if you want. Where would you like them to be installed on the system?

I know it's a bit against "normal" builds but i guess it will be faster than to write extensive spec files for those depot tools. I could create an rpm file for source too, just tell me where should they be installed after rpm -i on OBS.

[malcolmlewis]

Originally Posted by BenderBendingRodriguez

It didn't create any spec files i guess.

If it will ease it up i could create an rpm file for those depot tools
if you want. Where would you like them to be installed on the system?

I know it's a bit against "normal" builds but i guess it will be faster
than to write extensive spec files for those depot tools. I could create
an rpm file for source too, just tell me where should they be installed
after rpm -i on OBS.

Hi
Just a query on the libX11, did you install the 32bit libraries as per
<http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxBuild64Bit>?
It barfed on the building at xdisplay checks, so added the --keep-going
option to skip over the error.

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[BenderBendingRodriguez]

I didn't install 32 bit libraries yet as i didn't build 32 bit packages but yes, i installed what has been proposed. I will start building both packages if that helps