Ant rpm build fails due to unknown option '-bs'

Question

build.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project default="main" basedir=".">
<echo message="pulling in property files" />
<property file="axis_bujava.properties" />

<echo message="calling the RPM Build Ant" />
<target name="main">
    <rpm specfile="example.spec" topdir="${basedir}" command="-bs" />
</target>
</project>

example.spec

Summary: xxx

Name: cdplayer

Version: 1.0

Release: 1

Copyright: xxx

Group: Applications/Sound

Source: xxx.tgz

URL: http://xxx.html

Distribution: xxxx

Vendor:xxx.

Packager: xxx

%description
xxxx
%build
make
%install
make install

output:

Buildfile: /home/user1/workspace/antdemo/build.xml
     [echo] pulling in property files

     [echo] calling the RPM Build Ant

main:

      [rpm] Building the RPM based on the example.spec file

      [rpm] -bs: unknown option

      [rpm] 'rpm' failed with exit code 1

BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Total time: 848 milliseconds

Sounds like it is sending it to the `rpm` executable instead of `rpmbuild`? — Aaron D. Marasco, Jan 30 '13 at 00:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 04 '13 at 16:40

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I had this issue too. In my case the OS did not have the 'rpmbuild' command installed, so the ant task was calling 'rpm' instead as Aaron suggested.

answered Dec 04 '13 at 16:40

RJC

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yum install rpm-build will install the required rpm. – Praveen Kumar May 13 '14 at 10:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '13 at 16:40

While I'm not sure what "-bs" option is, you might try changing it to "-bb", which is the default. My own builds, plus a few I've seen, usually use -bb (http://richardfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/02/rpm-java-and-frustration.html)

Also see: http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/rpm.html

Ant rpm build fails due to unknown option '-bs'

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