1CPANSPEC(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation CPANSPEC(1)
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6 cpanspec - Generate a spec file for a CPAN module
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9 cpanspec [options] [file [...]]
10 Options:
12 --help -h Help message
13 --old -o Be more compatible with old RHL/FC releases
14 --license -l Include generated license texts if absent in source
15 --noprefix -n Don't add perl- prefix to package name
16 --force -f Force overwriting existing spec
17 --packager -p Name and email address of packager (for changelog)
18 --release -r Release of package (defaults to 1)
19 --epoch -e Epoch of package
20 --disttag -d Disttag (defaults to %{?dist})
21 --srpm -s Build a source rpm
22 --build -b Build source and binary rpms
23 --cpan -c CPAN mirror URL
24 --verbose -v Be more verbose
25 --prefer-macros -m Prefer macros over environment variables in the spec
26 Long options:
28 --follow Process build dependencies
29 --filter-requires Specify Requires to remove
30 --filter-provides Specify Provides to remove
31 --add-requires Add Requires for this item
32 --add-provides Add Provides for this item
33 --add-buildrequires Add BuildRequires for this item
34 --version Print the version number and exit
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37 cpanspec will generate a spec file to build a rpm from a CPAN-style
38 Perl module distribution.
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41 -h, --help
42 Print a brief help message and exit.
43 -o, --old
45 Be more compatible with old RHL/FC releases. With this option
46 enabled, the generated spec file
47 • Defines perl_vendorlib or perl_vendorarch.
49 • Includes explicit dependencies for core Perl modules.
51 • Uses "%check || :" instead of just %check.
53 • Includes a hack to remove LD_RUN_PATH from Makefile.
55 -l, --license
57 Generate COPYING and Artistic license texts if the source doesn't
58 seem to include them.
59 -n, --noprefix
61 Don't add perl- prefix to the name of the package. This is useful
62 for perl-based applications (such as this one), so that the name of
63 the rpm is simply cpanspec instead of perl-cpanspec.
64 -f, --force
66 Force overwriting an existing spec file. Normally cpanspec will
67 refuse to overwrite an existing spec file for safety. This option
68 removes that safety check. Please use with caution.
69 -p, --packager
71 The name and email address of the packager. Overrides the
72 %packager macro in "~/.rpmmacros".
73 -r, --release
75 The release number of the package. Defaults to 1.
76 -e, --epoch
78 The epoch number of the package. By default, this is undefined, so
79 no epoch will be used in the generated spec.
80 -d, --disttag
82 Disttag (a string to append to the release number), used to
83 differentiate builds for various releases. Defaults to the semi-
84 standard (for Fedora) string "%{?dist}".
85 -s, --srpm
87 Build a source rpm from the generated spec file.
88 -b, --build
90 Build source and binary rpms from the generated spec file. Please
91 be aware that this is likely to fail! Even if it succeeds, the
92 generated rpm will almost certainly need some work to make rpmlint
93 happy.
94 -c, --cpan
96 The URL to a CPAN mirror. If not specified with this option or the
97 CPAN environment variable, defaults to <http://www.cpan.org/>.
98 -v, --verbose
100 Be more verbose.
101 -m, --prefer-macros
103 Prefer the macro form of common spec constructs over the
104 environment variable form (e.g. %{buildroot} vs $RPM_BUILD_ROOT).
105 --follow
107 Add build dependencies to the list of modules to process.
108 --filter-requires
110 Specify Requires to remove.
111 --filter-provides
113 Specify Provides to remove.
114 --add-requires
116 Add Requires for this item.
117 --add-provides
119 Add Provides for this item.
120 --add-buildrequires
122 Add BuildRequires for this item.
123 --version
125 Print the version number and exit.
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128 Steven Pritchard <steve@kspei.com>
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131 perl(1), cpan2rpm(1), cpanflute2(1)
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