Xymon 4.3.0 - Build RPMs
list Leonardo Bozi
Hi, The Xymon 4.3.0 was released and has anyone already tried to build RPMs for CentOS 5? Thanks in advance. Leonardo Bozi user-bb28df2d311e@xymon.invalid
list Francois Herbert
Hi I have built the rpms for rhel5 and rhel6. Had to extract the tar file and rpmbuild using the specfile (rpmbuild -bb) rather than build from tar file as the xymon.spec file gave me some errors. I ended up doing the following to get it building: Untar the source file. 1. Edit rpm/xymon.spec: a. set the version number (Version: @VER@ changed to Version: 4.3.0) b. set the Source (Source: xymon- at user-7db5f491bf0a@xymon.invalid to Source: xymon-4.3.0.tar.gz) c. Remove the line (in the files section) %attr(644, root, root) %config /var/lib/xymon/www/menu/xymonmenu.css as this gives an error when building rpm (xymonmenu.css is not found). Not sure what impact this will have on the server rpm as I've only used the resulting xymon-client rpm that was created. 2. Put edited rpm/xymon.spec into /usr/src/redhat/SPECS 3. Copy rpm/xymon-client.default, /rpm/xymon-client.init, rpm/xymon-init.d and rpm/xymon.logrotate to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES 4. Copy tar file (xymon-4.3.0.tar.gz) to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES 5. cd /usr/src/redhat/ and run rpmbuild -bb SPECS/xymon.spec There might be a better way to do it, but this got it building rpms for me :-) Hope this helps Francois Herbert Systems Engineer ITS Massey University New Zealand
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On 18/03/2011, at 6:55 AM, Leonardo Bozi wrote:
Hi,
The Xymon 4.3.0 was released and has anyone already tried to build RPMs for CentOS 5?
Thanks in advance.
Leonardo Bozi
list Jason Kincl
These are basically the exact same I did and it worked however instead of commenting out the xymonmenu.css, this will work also: %attr(644, root, root) %config /var/lib/xymon/www/menu/xymonmenu-blue.css %attr(644, root, root) %config /var/lib/xymon/www/menu/xymonmenu-grey.css I would also add that in: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg on the server once the RPM is installed you need to replace the include statement with the below text: XYMSRV="" # IP address of the Xymon server XYMSERVERS="" # IP of multiple Xymon servers. XYMSRV must be "0.0.0.0". This is because the init script for the client correctly uses the /etc/default/xymon-client to create a file /var/run/xymonclient-runtime.cfg that is what is included, but the server init script does not do these things. Francois, did you have to do the above to make your servers client work?
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On Mar 17, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Herbert, Francois wrote:
Hi I have built the rpms for rhel5 and rhel6. Had to extract the tar file and rpmbuild using the specfile (rpmbuild -bb) rather than build from tar file as the xymon.spec file gave me some errors. I ended up doing the following to get it building: Untar the source file. 1. Edit rpm/xymon.spec: a. set the version number (Version: @VER@ changed to Version: 4.3.0) b. set the Source (Source: xymon- at user-7db5f491bf0a@xymon.invalid to Source: xymon-4.3.0.tar.gz) c. Remove the line (in the files section) %attr(644, root, root) %config /var/lib/xymon/www/menu/xymonmenu.css as this gives an error when building rpm (xymonmenu.css is not found). Not sure what impact this will have on the server rpm as I've only used the resulting xymon-client rpm that was created. 2. Put edited rpm/xymon.spec into /usr/src/redhat/SPECS 3. Copy rpm/xymon-client.default, /rpm/xymon-client.init, rpm/xymon-init.d and rpm/xymon.logrotate to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES 4. Copy tar file (xymon-4.3.0.tar.gz) to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES 5. cd /usr/src/redhat/ and run rpmbuild -bb SPECS/xymon.spec There might be a better way to do it, but this got it building rpms for me :-) Hope this helps Francois Herbert Systems Engineer ITS Massey University New Zealand On 18/03/2011, at 6:55 AM, Leonardo Bozi wrote: Hi, The Xymon 4.3.0 was released and has anyone already tried to build RPMs for CentOS 5? Thanks in advance. Leonardo Bozi
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Jason Kincl
list Francois Herbert
That's another step I left out, I hard coded my server ip into rpm/xymon.spec: XYMONHOSTIP=myxymonserverIP That way when I installed the rpm, all I had to do was start the xymon-client and I no more configuration was required on the client (/etc/default/xymon-client was preconfigured in the rpm)
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On 18/03/2011, at 9:57 AM, Jason Kincl wrote:
These are basically the exact same I did and it worked however instead of commenting out the xymonmenu.css, this will work also: %attr(644, root, root) %config /var/lib/xymon/www/menu/xymonmenu-blue.css %attr(644, root, root) %config /var/lib/xymon/www/menu/xymonmenu-grey.css I would also add that in: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg on the server once the RPM is installed you need to replace the include statement with the below text: XYMSRV="" # IP address of the Xymon server XYMSERVERS="" # IP of multiple Xymon servers. XYMSRV must be "0.0.0.0". This is because the init script for the client correctly uses the /etc/default/xymon-client to create a file /var/run/xymonclient-runtime.cfg that is what is included, but the server init script does not do these things. Francois, did you have to do the above to make your servers client work? On Mar 17, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Herbert, Francois wrote:Hi I have built the rpms for rhel5 and rhel6. Had to extract the tar file and rpmbuild using the specfile (rpmbuild -bb) rather than build from tar file as the xymon.spec file gave me some errors. I ended up doing the following to get it building: Untar the source file. 1. Edit rpm/xymon.spec: a. set the version number (Version: @VER@ changed to Version: 4.3.0) b. set the Source (Source: xymon- at user-7db5f491bf0a@xymon.invalid to Source: xymon-4.3.0.tar.gz) c. Remove the line (in the files section) %attr(644, root, root) %config /var/lib/xymon/www/menu/xymonmenu.css as this gives an error when building rpm (xymonmenu.css is not found). Not sure what impact this will have on the server rpm as I've only used the resulting xymon-client rpm that was created. 2. Put edited rpm/xymon.spec into /usr/src/redhat/SPECS 3. Copy rpm/xymon-client.default, /rpm/xymon-client.init, rpm/xymon-init.d and rpm/xymon.logrotate to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES 4. Copy tar file (xymon-4.3.0.tar.gz) to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES 5. cd /usr/src/redhat/ and run rpmbuild -bb SPECS/xymon.spec There might be a better way to do it, but this got it building rpms for me :-) Hope this helps Francois Herbert Systems Engineer ITS Massey University New Zealand On 18/03/2011, at 6:55 AM, Leonardo Bozi wrote: Hi, The Xymon 4.3.0 was released and has anyone already tried to build RPMs for CentOS 5? Thanks in advance. Leonardo Bozi user-bb28df2d311e@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-bb28df2d311e@xymon.invalid>Jason Kincl
list Japheth Cleaver
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-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Herbert, Francois Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:03 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon 4.3.0 - Build RPMsI would also add that in: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg on the server once the RPM is installed you need to replace the include statement with the below text: XYMSRV="" # IP address of the Xymon server XYMSERVERS="" # IP of multiple Xymon servers. XYMSRV must be "0.0.0.0". This is because the init script for the client correctly uses the /etc/default/xymon-client to create a file /var/run/xymonclient-runtime.cfg that is what is included, but the server init script does not do these things.
It's a lot easier if you hardcode XYMSRV=0.0.0.0 across the board and deal only with XYMSERVERS -- then you can bypass the whole runtime.cfg thing and just "include /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client" on both your client and server configs. -jc
list Buchan Milne
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----- "Francois Herbert" <user-796032f63edb@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi I have built the rpms for rhel5 and rhel6. Had to extract the tar file and rpmbuild using the specfile (rpmbuild -bb) rather than build from tar file as the xymon.spec file gave me some errors. I ended up doing the following to get it building: Untar the source file. 1. Edit rpm/xymon.spec: a. set the version number (Version: @VER@ changed to Version: 4.3.0) b. set the Source (Source: xymon- at user-7db5f491bf0a@xymon.invalid to Source: xymon-4.3.0.tar.gz) c. Remove the line (in the files section) %attr(644, root, root) %config /var/lib/xymon/www/menu/xymonmenu.css as this gives an error when building rpm (xymonmenu.css is not found). Not sure what impact this will have on the server rpm as I've only used the resulting xymon-client rpm that was created. 2. Put edited rpm/xymon.spec into /usr/src/redhat/SPECS 3. Copy rpm/xymon-client.default, /rpm/xymon-client.init, rpm/xymon-init.d and rpm/xymon.logrotate to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES 4. Copy tar file (xymon-4.3.0.tar.gz) to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES 5. cd /usr/src/redhat/ and run rpmbuild -bb SPECS/xymon.spec
Unfortunately, there are some problems with the spec file supplied. While they should not be issues for users, the resulting packages won't pass most distributions package quality checks.
So, my aim is to make a lot of the changes that are present in the RPMS I maintain for Mandriva, which I rebuild for RHEL2/3/4/5 (due to RH not backporting rpm 4.6.x. to RHEL5, I currently don't have a RHEL6 build environment).
I will try and ensure that 'rpm -ta xymon-4.3.1.tar.gz' works correctly.
However, now I have even more upgrade issues to worry about (hobbit->xymon, xymon-4.2.x->xymon-4.3.x, as well as xymon->xymon+xymon-client).
Either way, I will try and provide packages in my repo by next week.
Regards,
Buchan
list Buchan Milne
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----- "Francois Herbert" <user-796032f63edb@xymon.invalid> wrote:
That's another step I left out, I hard coded my server ip into rpm/xymon.spec: XYMONHOSTIP=myxymonserverIP That way when I installed the rpm, all I had to do was start the xymon-client and I no more configuration was required on the client (/etc/default/xymon-client was preconfigured in the rpm)
If you want repos, or xymon to be included in the distributions you use, you should rather populate /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client (my RPMS use this as it is the more standard location on RH-based distros). So, there is not much benefit in doing it in your spec file. Regards, Buchan
list Tom Georgoulias
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On 03/18/2011 02:45 AM, Buchan Milne wrote:
Unfortunately, there are some problems with the spec file supplied. While they should not be issues for users, the resulting packages won't pass most distributions package quality checks.
I ran into another when working on a spec file for centos 5 (which I sent to the xymon-devel list with the hope of working with others to create a single, community approved & used rpm spec file). If you build the RPMs on an x86_64 system, /usr/lib64 is used for the filepaths in the RPMs instead of /usr/lib and this breaks the hardcoded /usr/lib paths in the init scripts. I think we should work towards creating a new spec file that will produce a SRPM and RPMs that build cleanly in any arch, in any Redhat flavored environment. Tom
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-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Tom Georgoulias Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:38 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon 4.3.0 - Build RPMs I think we should work towards creating a new spec file that will produce a SRPM and RPMs that build cleanly in any arch, in any Redhat flavored environment. Tom
Along those lines... :) I've got an updated 4.3.0 .spec (with patches) for an RPM I've been using for a while now. Since this is the first post-rename release, I'd appreciate if others could take a look at it, rebuild, poke and prod, etc... It was based originally off the released spec file a while back, but has a lot of changes. In addition to heavy FHS mods, it has replacement init scripts that bypass xymon.sh/runclient.sh. I've built it internally on from RH 7, 8, and 9, and CentOS 3, 4, and 5 (i386 and x86_64), but there may be other places it doesn't build -- if so, let me know. (If anyone can test on RHEL6 and a recent Fedora I'd appreciate it.) I've done basic sanity checks on the resulting systems, but haven't run them through really intensive testing. If anyone notices any problems that result from the pathname mods, let me know too. (Upgrade note: There are too many issues on the server side to safely upgrade from 4.2.0 by package IMHO, but the client-side should include a variable rename in /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client in a %post scriptlet.) -jc spec: http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon.spec SRPM: http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon-4.3.0-0.956.src.rpm CentOS5-i386 RPMS: http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon-4.3.0-0.956.i386.rpm http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon-client-4.3.0-0.956.i386.rpm Note: The SRPM builds two superfluous binary packages as well -- you can ignore those unless you need them.
list Ralph Mitchell
On Fedora 14 I get: Patch #53 (xymon430.client_uses_sysconfig.patch): + /usr/bin/patch -s -p0 -b --suffix .client_uses_sysconfig.patch --fuzz=0 + /bin/cat /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/xymon430.client_uses_sysconfig.patch 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file client/xymonclient.cfg.DIST.rej error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.bSi2vb (%prep) With patch 53 commented out in the spec file, it goes a little further, then I get: Patch #102 (xymon430.pagegen.summariesonnongreen): + /usr/bin/patch -s -p0 -b --suffix .pagegen.summariesonnongreen --fuzz=0 + /bin/cat /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/xymon430.pagegen.summariesonnongreen 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file xymongen/pagegen.c.rej error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.NGwGru (%prep) Then patch 54 fails: Patch #54 (xymon430.Makefile-initdvars.patch): + /bin/cat /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/xymon430.Makefile-initdvars.patch + /usr/bin/patch -s -p0 -b --suffix .initdvars --fuzz=0 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file client/Makefile.rej error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.UH0Ona (%prep) BTW, I also saw that gcc-c++ is a dependency, but I have previously built xymon-4.3.0 from the source tar without having gcc-c++ installed. Anyway, with those three patches commented out in the SPEC file, it did at least build, all the way to here: + install -d /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/xymon-4.3.0-0.956.fc14.x86_64/etc/rc.d/init.d + install -m 755 rpm/xymon-init.d /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/xymon-4.3.0-0.956.fc14.x86_64/etc/rc.d/init.d/xymon install: cannot stat `rpm/xymon-init.d': No such file or directory error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.vxmhpk (%install) I guess that's a result of patch54 not being applied. I poke at it some more later. Ralph Mitchell
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Cleaver, Japheth <user-2a1212dafc7b@xymon.invalid>wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On BehalfOf Tom GeorgouliasSent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:38 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon 4.3.0 - Build RPMs I think we should work towards creating a new spec file that will produce a SRPM and RPMs that build cleanly in any arch, in any Redhat flavored environment. TomAlong those lines... :) I've got an updated 4.3.0 .spec (with patches) for an RPM I've been using for a while now. Since this is the first post-rename release, I'd appreciate if others could take a look at it, rebuild, poke and prod, etc... It was based originally off the released spec file a while back, but has a lot of changes. In addition to heavy FHS mods, it has replacement init scripts that bypass xymon.sh/runclient.sh. I've built it internally on from RH 7, 8, and 9, and CentOS 3, 4, and 5 (i386 and x86_64), but there may be other places it doesn't build -- if so, let me know. (If anyone can test on RHEL6 and a recent Fedora I'd appreciate it.) I've done basic sanity checks on the resulting systems, but haven't run them through really intensive testing. If anyone notices any problems that result from the pathname mods, let me know too. (Upgrade note: There are too many issues on the server side to safely upgrade from 4.2.0 by package IMHO, but the client-side should include a variable rename in /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client in a %post scriptlet.) -jc spec: http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon.spec SRPM: http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon-4.3.0-0.956.src.rpm CentOS5-i386 RPMS: http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon-4.3.0-0.956.i386.rpm http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon-client-4.3.0-0.956.i386.rpm Note: The SRPM builds two superfluous binary packages as well -- you can ignore those unless you need them.
list Japheth Cleaver
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From: Ralph Mitchell [mailto:user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 12:48 PM To: Cleaver, Japheth Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] New spec file (beta test request) (was RE: Xymon 4.3.0 - Build RPMs) On Fedora 14 I get: Patch #53 (xymon430.client_uses_sysconfig.patch): + /usr/bin/patch -s -p0 -b --suffix .client_uses_sysconfig.patch --fuzz=0 + /bin/cat /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/xymon430.client_uses_sysconfig.patch 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file client/xymonclient.cfg.DIST.rej error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.bSi2vb (%prep) With patch 53 commented out in the spec file, it goes a little further, then I get: Patch #102 (xymon430.pagegen.summariesonnongreen): + /usr/bin/patch -s -p0 -b --suffix .pagegen.summariesonnongreen --fuzz=0 + /bin/cat /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/xymon430.pagegen.summariesonnongreen 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file xymongen/pagegen.c.rej error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.NGwGru (%prep) Then patch 54 fails: Patch #54 (xymon430.Makefile-initdvars.patch): + /bin/cat /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/xymon430.Makefile-initdvars.patch + /usr/bin/patch -s -p0 -b --suffix .initdvars --fuzz=0 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file client/Makefile.rej error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.UH0Ona (%prep) BTW, I also saw that gcc-c++ is a dependency, but I have previously built xymon-4.3.0 from the source tar without having gcc-c++ installed. Anyway, with those three patches commented out in the SPEC file, it did at least build, all the way to here: + install -d /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/xymon-4.3.0-0.956.fc14.x86_64/etc/rc.d/init.d + install -m 755 rpm/xymon-init.d /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/xymon-4.3.0-0.956.fc14.x86_64/etc/rc.d/init.d/xymon install: cannot stat `rpm/xymon-init.d': No such file or directory error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.vxmhpk (%install) I guess that's a result of patch54 not being applied. I poke at it some more later. Ralph Mitchell
Thanks for the bug reports. It appears as though recent versions of Fedora have a stricter macro in use when applying %patch'es. Looks like some of those patches were succeeding only due to relaxed fuzziness factors. Anyway, I've got a new SRPM rebuilding cleanly on clean F14 boxes. Can you try it and let me know if you've got any add'l problems? http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon-4.3.0-0.958.src.rpm I've also posted the .spec file and the two init.d scripts (one for client, one for server) in that directory if anyone else would like to comment! Regards, -jc
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Thanks for the bug reports. It appears as though recent versions of Fedora have a stricter macro in use when applying %patch'es. Looks like some of those patches were succeeding only due to relaxed fuzziness factors. Anyway, I've got a new SRPM rebuilding cleanly on clean F14 boxes. Can you try it and let me know if you've got any add'l problems? http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon-4.3.0-0.958.src.rpm I've also posted the .spec file and the two init.d scripts (one for client, one for server) in that directory if anyone else would like to comment!
Can we please move discussion of this topic to the development list, until the necessary decisions have been taken. Proliferation of more diverging packages is not going to make life easier. (Yes, I know you have some patches outstanding in the tracker as well, I have them open but have been quite busy in the past few weeks ...) Regards, Buchan