using genrpm

["Mikhail T." <mi+thun%aldan.algebra.com@localhost>]

Alistair Crooks ÐÐÐÐÑÐÐ(ÐÐ):
> Check out pkgsrc/pkgtools/gensolpkg, and pkgsrc/pkgtools/genrpm. Although
> I'm not sure if time has been kind to either of them.
>   
Hi! I'm trying to use genrpm on Linux (RHEL-5.4). The package itself
built -- although I was surprised to learn, it requires the rpm-package
to run, instead of using the system-wide /bin/rpm.

But how do I use the script?

    genrpm --help
    Making directory "/usr/pkg/src/redhat"
    Making directory "/home/mt/pkgsrc/packages/rpms"
    Making directory "/home/mt/pkgsrc/packages/rpms/x86_64"
    Making directory "/home/mt/pkgsrc/packages/srpms"
    Using pkg_tarup version pkg_tarup-1.8
    Using rpm version rpm-2.5.4nb6
    genrpm: WARNING!!! Package "--help" not found

Looking inside the script, I see some switches, but how is one to use
it? I'd like to build and rpm for pkgtools/pkg_install, so as to be able
to bootstrap our Linux servers quickly and use pkg_-tools after that to
manipulate the binary packages.

The manual page is not much more specific. If I follow it, I get:

    root@ws-testjw:pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install (406) genrpm pkg_install
    Making directory "/usr/pkg/src/redhat"
    Making directory "/home/mt/pkgsrc/packages/rpms"
    Making directory "/home/mt/pkgsrc/packages/rpms/x86_64"
    Making directory "/home/mt/pkgsrc/packages/srpms"
    Using pkg_tarup version pkg_tarup-1.8
    Using rpm version rpm-2.5.4nb6
    Making an rpm spec file for pkg_install-20091115 -
    pkg_install-20091115 - (pkg_install-20091115-0)
    /bin/cp: cannot stat `patch-*': No such file or directory
    Creating binary package: pkg_install-20091115
    Creating package
    /usr/obj/rpm/BUILD/pkg_install-20091115/pkg_install-20091115
    File /opt/src/redhat/SOURCES/pkg_install-20091115-pkgsrc.tar: No
    such file or directory
    /bin/ls:
    /home/mt/pkgsrc/packages/rpms/x86_64/pkg_install-20091115-*: No such
    file or directory

Please, advise. Thanks! Yours,

    -mi