Document rpm build process

[ldormoy]

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• Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04
• Installation method: RPM
• AWS CLI Version: aws-cli/1.14.34 Python/2.7.12 Linux/4.4.0-1050-aws botocore/1.8.38
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I would like to build my own rpm package from the sources (to avoid modifying the config after installation), but I get this error:
error: Unable to open install_configure_sshd.sh: No such file or directory

Could you give me some details about how your build process? Thanks!

[ldormoy]

I found the rpmbuild command line in #104
It's helpful, I'll give it a try

[michaelwittig]

in the rpmspec, you will find a few lines starting with %include
make sure to replace those placeholders with the contents of the files.

After that, use the command from #104

[ldormoy]

replacing the placeholders with the content of the files also doesn't work as intended, as some variables like SSHD_CONFIG_FILE are not defined.

Anyway, I can now build and will adapt the post-install step to my needs. Thanks for your quick support @michaelwittig .

I will spend some time testing alternative build methods (I also need a debian package), probably using fpm and will give you some feedback if I succeed.

[michaelwittig]

yes, you are right. the variables are also replaced. the solution is not very clean. the goal was to not have duplication in install.sh and the RPM. so I ended up with this hack..

regarding the deb package you can have a look at #109

[ldormoy]

How could I miss #109! I tested it and it works fine. I also like the pkg/ directory to regroup postinst and postrm scripts.

BTW I tested fpm to build the rpm package, it works fine. You just have to replace the "-t deb" by "-t rpm". I will definitely use it to build both package types with jenkins. You could maybe reuse the pkg/ scripts in install.sh, to get rid of the code duplication?