Re: make rpm-package fails "Not a git repository"

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>]

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSrcBinary.html#ChSrcRpm 
<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSrcBinary.html#ChSrcRpm>

“You can build an RPM package using the rpm-package target. The package version is derived from the current git HEAD, 
so you must build from a git checkout."


> On 23 Sep 2019, at 23:45, Nejedlo, Mark <Mark.Nejedlo () tdstelecom com> wrote:
>
> I am attempting to build an RPM for wireshark 3.0.5 following the instructions in the INSTALL file.  “make” works 
> fine, but when I run “make rpm-package”, I get a fatal error saying “Not a git repository”.  The INSTALL file does 
> not say anything about needing to build from a git repo.  A bit of googling turned up a thread from about a year and 
> a half ago (vaguely in the timeframe of the 2.6 release) which suggested that it was required to be built from a git 
> repo to make an RPM, but that this was no longer the case.
>  
> Do we have to build from a git repo to use make rpm-package?
>  
> Thanks,
> Mark
>  

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