[cs615asa] build install and file sections

[John Scire]

As for what files we need to package in, we only need the files 
necessary for it to run and the documentation, correct? We can leave out 
the other misc. files/directories in the statsd source tarball?

Thanks again,
John Scire

On 2/17/2014 5:30 PM, nbevacqu wrote:
> I think I managed to answer all of your questions below. Let me know 
> if I accidentally forgot one.
>
>> I am reasonably sure from the documentation I have found that for this
>> exercise the build section is not needed. There is no make file or
>> anything else to build. Is there anything else to do in this section
>> besides:
>>
>> %build
>> echo "nothing to build"
>
> I left build blank since the code is interpreted by nodejs, not compiled.
>
>> Clone the project ( this is take care of in the prep section)
>
> You shouldn't clone the project here as it introduces an unnecessary 
> dependence on github. Instead, you should clone the project and create 
> your own .tar.gz file to hold all the source code (minus the .git 
> folder and .gitignore file of course). You can then place that archive 
> inside the SOURCES directory.
>
>> Create a config file from exampleConfig.js and put it somewhere
>> (should the install section create this or just use this)
>
> For the config file, I kept the example config file and just placed it 
> in the appropriate place after renaming it. I did not include any code 
> to run node in my spec file (ex: node stats.js config.js). I put my 
> config file in /etc/statsd and the code/documentation inside 
> /usr/share/statsd and /usr/share/doc/statsd respectively.
>
>> Do we just have to put the executable in /usr/bin and make sure that
>> the dependencies are taken care of? Should we take the default
>> configuration and put it into the same dir as statsd?
>
> The executable included in the bin directory assumes that the 
> executable is in the same folder at the lib directory. As such, I did 
> not install it in /usr/bin. Since the executable just ran node 
> stats.js, I didn't bother to include this file at all for the time being.
>
>> Finally for the files section we should be specifying where everything
>> goes but do we specify every file or do we just specify the special
>> ones to treat differently during build time?
>
> You have to move the files themselves into the appropriate place 
> during the install process. Under the %files section, list all the 
> files/directories you installed.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Nicholas Bevacqua
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