Getting error while building rpm - File not found by glob:

Question

I am building rpm on RHEL-6/64 bit server.

    # rpmbuild -bb extras/rpm/neatx.spec

    RPM build errors:
        File not found by glob: /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/neatx-0.1-1.el6.x86_64/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/neatx/*

I do see the same files under /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/neatx-0.1-1.el6.x86_64/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages directory.

    # ls -l /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/neatx-0.1-1.el6.x86_64/usr/lib/    
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 4096 Apr 19 14:45 python2.7

    # ls -l  /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/neatx-0.1-1.el6.x86_64/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 4096 Apr 19 14:45 neatx

These are python related entries in neatx.spec file.

    # grep -i python   extras/rpm/neatx.spec
    %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
    
    BuildRequires: python-devel
    
    BuildRequires: python-docutils
    
    Requires: python >= 2.4
    
    Requires: python-simplejson
    
    %python_sitelib/%{name}/*

Will appreciate your help/suggestions for fixing this issue.

Thanks in advance. -Shashi Divekar

Answer 1

The Command rpmbuild produces an Error because you are required to give a List of installed Files in your .spec File at:

%files
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
%python_sitelib/%{name}/*

And the Path %python_sitelib is resolved into

/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages

But in the %install Section of your .spec the Files have been placed into another Directory which is:

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages

You should use in your %install Section also the same Macro %python_sitelib as in the %files Section.