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authorMarkus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>2012-02-22 12:49:22 +0200
committerMarkus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>2012-08-10 11:35:12 +0300
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docs: revamp RPM docs
Signed-off-by: Markus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/Makefile6
-rw-r--r--docs/chapters/intro-rpm.sgml73
-rw-r--r--docs/chapters/setup-rpm.sgml14
3 files changed, 54 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 53be8027..ec9c34d8 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ GTK_DOC_CATALOG_FILE ?= /usr/share/sgml/gtk-doc/gtk-doc.cat
all: $(MANUAL) $(MANPAGES)
-$(MANUAL): manual.sgml chapters/*.sgml manpages/*.sgml
+$(MANUAL): manual.sgml manual-rpm.sgml chapters/*.sgml manpages/*.sgml
ifeq ($(HAVE_SGML2X),1)
docbook-2-html -s local $<
+ docbook-2-html -s local manual-rpm.sgml
else
docbook2html -d local-nosgml2x.dsl -c $(GTK_DOC_CATALOG_FILE) -o $(MANUAL) $<
+ docbook2html -d local-nosgml2x.dsl -c $(GTK_DOC_CATALOG_FILE) -o $(MANUAL) manual-rpm.sgml
endif
cp /usr/share/gtk-doc/data/*.png $(MANUAL)
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ git-pbuilder.1: ../bin/git-pbuilder
manual.sgml: $(VERSION_ENT)
+manual-rpm.sgml: $(VERSION_ENT)
+
$(VERSION_ENT): $(GBP_VERSION)
echo '<!ENTITY gbp-version "$(DEB_VERSION)">' > $(VERSION_ENT)
diff --git a/docs/chapters/intro-rpm.sgml b/docs/chapters/intro-rpm.sgml
index bdb91de9..2e15bc86 100644
--- a/docs/chapters/intro-rpm.sgml
+++ b/docs/chapters/intro-rpm.sgml
@@ -3,27 +3,36 @@
<para>
Git-buildpackage is a <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</ulink>
toolset for maintaining and building packages in/from git repositories.
- The (still experimental) RPM variants of the tool, extend the support
+ The still experimental RPM variants of the tool, extend the support
from Debian-only to building and maintaining RPM packages, too.
- The documentation of git-buildpackage-rpm reflects the the
- <xref linkend="gbp">Debian git-buildpackage documentation</xref>.
+ The documentation of git-buildpackage-rpm here reflects the the
+ <ulink url="gbp.html">Debian git-buildpackage documentation</>
+ <!--<xref linkend="gbp">Debian git-buildpackage documentation</xref>.-->
</para>
<para>
- The RPM versions of the tools can do basically all the same tasks as
- the Debian versions, except for changelog generation. However, the
- philosophy is somewhat different in some parts. One clear difference is
- that git-buildpackage-rpm will always build in a separate build
- directory whereas git-buildpackage (the Debian) tool builds in the
- git working dir by default. The Debian/RPM tool equivalence is:
+ The RPM versions of the tools can in their current state
+ do basically all the same tasks as the Debian versions, except for changelog generation.
+ However, the philosophy is somewhat different in some parts. The RPM tools
+ read the .spec file instead of changelog in determining packaging
+ information (version number, name etc). Another clear difference is
+ that &git-buildpackage-rpm; will always build in a separate build
+ directory whereas &git-buildpackage; (the Debian) tool builds in the
+ git working dir, by default.
+ Third, conceptual, difference (for non-native packages) is that you may
+ have packaging files in an orphan branch, without development sources:
+ i.e. you develop code in 'patch-queue' branch that doesn't contain any
+ packaging files, and, do 'pq-rpm export' to 'packaging' branch that only
+ contains packaging files (.spec file, patches etc.) but no sources.
+ The Debian/RPM tool equivalence is:
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>git-buildpackage –> rpm: <emphasis>git-buildpackage-rpm</></listitem>
- <listitem>git-import-dsc –> rpm: <emphasis>git-import-srpm</></listitem>
- <listitem>git-import-orig –> rpm: <emphasis>git-import-orig-rpm</></listitem>
- <listitem>gbp-pq –> rpm: <emphasis>gbp-pq-rpm</></listitem>
- <listitem>gbp-clone –> rpm: <emphasis>gbp-clone</> (the same tool)</listitem>
- <listitem>gbp-pull –> rpm: <emphasis>gbp-pull</> (the same tool)</listitem>
- <listitem>git-dch –> rpm: not available</listitem>
- <listitem>git-import-dscs –> rpm: not available</listitem>
+ <listitem><para>&git-buildpackage; -> RPM: &git-buildpackage-rpm;</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>&git-import-dsc; -> RPM: &git-import-srpm;</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>&git-import-orig; -> RPM: &git-import-orig-rpm;</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>&gbp-pq; -> RPM: &gbp-pq-rpm;</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>&gbp-clone; -> RPM: &gbp-clone; (the same tool)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>&gbp-pull; -> RPM: &gbp-pull; (the same tool)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>&git-dch; -> RPM: not available</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>&git-import-dscs; -> RPM: not available</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@@ -35,18 +44,18 @@
in a separate branch. Other branches are:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><option>packaging-branch</> contains packaging files (spec
+ <listitem><para><option>packaging-branch</> contains packaging files (spec
and source files, e.g. patches, needed by rpmbuild, except for the orig
- tarball). This branch can contain the development sources as well
- (always true for native packages).</listitem>
- <listitem><option>upstream-branch</> contains upstream sources.
+ tarball). This branch <emphasis>may</> contain the development sources as well
+ (always true for native packages).</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><option>upstream-branch</> contains upstream sources.
This can either be a branch you import to or a branch of an upstream
- repository you pull from.</listitem>
- <listitem><option>pristine-tar-branch</> contains pristine-tar data to
- recreate the original upstream tarball from the upstream-branch.</listitem>
- <listitem><option>patch-queue/* branches</> are related to
+ repository you pull from.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><option>pristine-tar-branch</> contains pristine-tar data to
+ recreate the original upstream tarball from the upstream-branch.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><option>patch-queue/* branches</> are related to
<option>packaging-branch(es)</>. The patch-queue branch is the upstream
- plus the patches from packaging branch applied.</listitem>
+ plus the patches from packaging branch applied.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
@@ -56,13 +65,13 @@
The basic workflow is very similar to Debian:
</para>
<orderedlist>
- <listitem>Import a package via &git-import-srpm; OR clone from the
- distro git with gbp-clone if the package is already maintained with
- &git-buildpackage-rpm;.</listitem>
- <listitem>Develop, test, commit changes.</listitem>
- <listitem>Once satisfied you can build the final package with
+ <listitem><para>Import a package via &git-import-srpm; OR clone from the
+ distro git with &gbp-clone; if the package is already maintained with
+ &git-buildpackage-rpm;.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Develop, test, commit changes.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Once satisfied you can build the final package with
&git-buildpackage-rpm; (optionally with --git-tag to create a tag in
- git) and push it to git server.</listitem>
+ git) and push it to git server.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect1>
diff --git a/docs/chapters/setup-rpm.sgml b/docs/chapters/setup-rpm.sgml
index 05c7d294..d6d24d37 100644
--- a/docs/chapters/setup-rpm.sgml
+++ b/docs/chapters/setup-rpm.sgml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<chapter id="gbp.rpm.setup">
- <title>Project/Git setup</title>
+<chapter id="gbp.rpm.development">
+ <title>Development flow</title>
- <sect1 id="gbp.setup-rpm.models">
+ <sect1 id="gbp.rpm.setup.models">
<title>Development models</title>
<para>The &git-buildpackage-rpm; toolset basically supports three different
models of package maintenance.</para>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
All changes (packaging and source code) are done to the same branch,
i.e., the <option>packaging-branch</>, based on the <option>upstream-branch</>.
When package is built,
- &git-build-package-rpm; can automatically generate patches from
+ &git-buildpackage-rpm; can automatically generate patches from
upstream version to packaging branch head (one patch per commit).
and modify the spec file accordingly.
</para>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
</sect2>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="gbp.setup-rpm.scratch">
+ <sect1 id="gbp.rpm.setup.scratch">
<title>Starting from scratch with a non-native package</title>
<para>In this case, you most probably want to package software not yet
found in your distro. First, create an empty repository:
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@
</screen></para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="gbp.setup-rpm.convert">
+ <sect1 id="gbp.rpm.setup.convert">
<title>Converting an existing git repository of a non-native package</title>
<para>In this case, you already have a git repository containing the
upstream source, but it was created neither with &gbp-clone; nor &git-import-srpm;.
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@
OR just add the name of your upstream branch to gbp.conf.
Then, you just create a packaging/development branch(es) with git and
add packaging files to the packaging branch.
+ </para>
</sect1>
</chapter>