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You will need to alter your user account to enable regular login. If you want to enable account "builder", then you would type the following commands from the root account:
* You will need to alter your user account to enable regular login. If you want to enable account "builder", then you would type the following commands from the root account:
chsh -s /bin/bash builder
chsh -s /bin/bash builder
db accounts setprop builder Shell /bin/bash
db accounts setprop builder Shell /bin/bash
Install CVS
* Install CVS
yum install cvs
yum install cvs
create a development directory, eg ~/home/smeserver
* create a development directory, eg ~/home/smeserver
mkdir ~/home/smeserver
mkdir ~/home/smeserver
cd ~/home/smeserver
cd ~/home/smeserver
Download the module you want to work on, eg e-smith-base
* Download the module you want to work on, eg e-smith-base
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@smeserver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smeserver checkout -P e-smith-base
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@smeserver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smeserver checkout -P e-smith-base
Alternatively retrieve the whole CVS tree
* Alternatively retrieve the whole CVS tree
cd ~/home/smeserver
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@smeserver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smeserver co -P rpms
You can now retrieve one of the packages from SourceForge. In this case, we want to modify the e-smith-base package for SME8, so let's retrieve it from SourceForge:
You can now retrieve one of the packages from SourceForge. In this case, we want to modify the e-smith-base package for SME8, so let's retrieve it from SourceForge:
Change to work directory
* Change to work directory
cd ~/home/smeserver/rpms/e-smith-base/sme8
cd ~/home/smeserver/rpms/e-smith-base/sme8
cvs update -dPA
cvs update -dPA
make clean
make clean
make prep
make prep
Save a copy of the original files
* Save a copy of the original files
cp -R e-smith-base-5.2.0 e-smith-base-5.2.0.old
cp -R e-smith-base-5.2.0 e-smith-base-5.2.0.old
<Now make the changes needed to the files in e-smith-base-5.2.0>
<Now make the changes needed to the files in e-smith-base-5.2.0>
Create a patch
* Create a patch
diff -urN smeserver-foo-2.0.0.old smeserver-yum-2.0.0 > smeserver-yum-2.0.0-importKeys.patch
diff -urN smeserver-foo-2.0.0.old smeserver-yum-2.0.0 > smeserver-yum-2.0.0-importKeys.patch
Now to make a build to test if it works:
* Now to make a build to test if it works:
Update the spec file
* Update the spec file
#increase the release
<pre>#increase the release
%define release 15
%define release 15
#apply the patch in %setup
#apply the patch in %setup
%patch2 -p1
%patch2 -p1
</pre>
CHECK: that the changelog version really matches the RPM version.
CHECK: that the changelog version really matches the RPM version.
CHECK: Is the spec file correct, look at the changes
CHECK: Is the spec file correct, look at the changes
cvs diff e-smith-base.spec
cvs diff e-smith-base.spec
Have you updated the release? Is that new release in the changelog?
Have you updated the release? Is that new release in the changelog?
Have you included the patch, Patch1: e-smith-proftpd-2.2.0-persistent_passwd.patch
Have you included the patch, Patch1: e-smith-proftpd-2.2.0-persistent_passwd.patch
Is the changelog correct
Is the changelog correct
<pre>
* Tue Jan 22 2013 Ian Wells <esmith@wellsi.com> 2.2.0-4.sme
* Tue Jan 22 2013 Ian Wells <esmith@wellsi.com> 2.2.0-4.sme
- Remove previous change [SME: 7129]
- Remove previous change [SME: 7129]
</pre>
There must be a bugzilla number in this format [SME: 7129]
There must be a bugzilla number in this format [SME: 7129]
Is the date really correct? Both day and date.
Is the date really correct? Both day and date.
CHECK: what would be committed
CHECK: what would be committed
cvs update
cvs update
* M modified, will be committed
* M modified, will be committed
CHECK: has the patch files been added? cvs add e-smith-quota-2.0.0-badlyformattedie8.patch
CHECK: has the patch files been added? cvs add e-smith-quota-2.0.0-badlyformattedie8.patch
CHECK: are the files UNIX or do they have DOS endings (bad)
CHECK: are the files UNIX or do they have DOS endings (bad)
Build the rpm locally to test, (note, this deletes the working tree!)
Build the rpm locally to test, (note, this deletes the working tree!)
make local
make local
--- this simple package modification ends here ---
--- this simple package modification ends here ---
*** If you have CVS access then ***
***If you have CVS access then
Once you are satisfied and want to submit the package to the build server commit your changes. (Please use descriptive comments so that other developers are aware of what is happening. Comments will appear on the subject line of the commit email that get send to the other developers.)
Once you are satisfied and want to submit the package to the build server commit your changes. (Please use descriptive comments so that other developers are aware of what is happening. Comments will appear on the subject line of the commit email that get send to the other developers.)
cvs commit -m '' <-- copy this then add changelog line
cvs commit -m '' <-- copy this then add changelog line
*** If you have build access then ***
***If you have build access then
Build it (from either the sme7 or sme8 dir):
make tag
make tag
make build
make build
