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

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>]

There's also a bug open for this behavior:

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15167

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 1:35 AM Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl> wrote:

> 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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