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RPM: Query a specific rpm-file for information

October 28, 2009June 21, 2013 Christian Leave a comment

Since I end up googling it each time I need this, it’s about time I write it down … If you want to query a specific RPM for information (Requires/Information/…) you’ll need to use the –package/-p option.

-p <file> — Query a Specific RPM Package File

Up to now, every means of specifying a package to an RPM query focused on packages that had already been installed. While it’s certainly very useful to be able to dredge up information about packages that are already on your system, what about packages that haven’t yet been installed? The -p option can do that for you.

So, if I wanted to show the Requires of my vmware-tools-kmp:

rpm -qR -p vmware-tools-kmp-default-3.5.0_184236_2.6.16.60_0.21-0.5.i586.rpm

1	rpm -qR -p vmware-tools-kmp-default-3.5.0_184236_2.6.16.60_0.21-0.5.i586.rpm

KMP: Define a new subpkg template

October 24, 2009June 21, 2013 Christian Leave a comment

There might be reasons, you’d wish you could make the kernel module package do other things. Two already pop into my head: 1) The mpp-Image upgrades for the ibm-rdac kernel module packages and 2) the “adjustments” which need to be done post install for the VMware kernel module package in /etc/vmware-tools/locations.

What you basically do is this:

Add the new subpkg template to your sources list
Call the %suse_kernel_module_package macro with the option -s and then add your source number

For me this looks like this:

...
Source4:          vmxnet.tar
Source5:          preamble
Source6:          subpkg
...
%suse_kernel_module_package -p %{S:5} -s %{S:6} um

...

Source4: vmxnet.tar

Source5: preamble

Source6: subpkg

...

%suse_kernel_module_package -p %{S:5} -s %{S:6} um

After that, you just need to copy over /usr/lib/rpm/rpm-suse-kernel-module-subpackage to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/subpkg and make your adjustments to that copy.

For example the diff between those two could look like this:

--- /usr/lib/rpm/rpm-suse-kernel-module-subpackage
+++ /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/subpkg
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 &#039; $spec
 )
 Provides: %{-n*} = %(echo %{-v*}-%3 | tr - _)
-Requires: kernel-%1
-AutoReqProv: on
+Requires: kernel-%1 = %( echo %2 | sed &quot;s,-%1,,&quot; )
+AutoReqProv: off
 %{-p:%{expand:%(cd %_sourcedir; cat %{-p*})}}
 %description -n %{-n*}-%1
 %(
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@
        done
     fi
 fi
+if [ -f /etc/vmware-tools/locations ] ; then
+  for kmodule in ${modules[@]}; do
+    echo &quot;file $kmodule $( stat -c %Y $kmodule )&quot; 
+      &gt;&gt; /etc/vmware-tools/locations
+    echo &quot;file $( echo $kmodule | 
+      sed -e &quot;s,.ko,.o,&quot; -e &quot;s,updates,misc,&quot; )&quot; 
+      &gt;&gt; /etc/vmware-tools/locations
+    echo &quot;answer $( echo ${kmodule##*/} | sed -e &quot;s,.ko,,&quot; | 
+      tr &#039;[:lower:]&#039; &#039;[:upper:]&#039; )_CONFED yes&quot; 
+      &gt;&gt; /etc/vmware-tools/locations
+  done
+
+  [ -f /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured ] &amp;&amp; 
+    rm -f /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured
+fi
 %{-i:%{expand:%(cd %_sourcedir; cat %{-i*})}}
 %preun -n %{-n*}-%1
 version=%(echo %{-v*}-%3 | tr - _)
@@ -116,8 +131,29 @@
        done
     fi
 fi
+if [ -f /etc/vmware-tools/locations ] ; then
+  for kmodule in ${modules[@]}; do
+    MOD=&quot;$( echo ${kmodule##*/} | sed -e &quot;s,.ko,,&quot; | 
+      tr &#039;[:lower:]&#039; &#039;[:upper:]&#039; )_CONFED yes&quot;
+    [ -n &quot;$( grep &quot;$MOD&quot; /etc/vmware-tools/locations )&quot; ] &amp;&amp; 
+      sed -i &quot;/$MOD/d&quot; /etc/vmware-tools/locations
+
+    [ -n &quot;$( grep &quot;file $kmodule&quot; /etc/vmware-tools/locations )&quot; ] &amp;&amp; 
+      sed -i &quot;/file ${kmodule////\/}.*/d&quot;  /etc/vmware-tools/locations
+
+    MOD=&quot;$( echo $kmodule | sed -e &quot;s,.ko,.o,&quot; -e &quot;s,updates,misc,&quot; )&quot;
+    [ -n &quot;$( grep &quot;file $MOD&quot; /etc/vmware-tools/locations )&quot; ] &amp;&amp; 
+      sed -i &quot;/file $( echo $MOD | sed -e &quot;s,/,\/,g&quot; )/d&quot; 
+        /etc/vmware-tools/locations
+  done
+
+  [ ! -f /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured ] &amp;&amp; 
+    touch /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured
+fi
 %{-u:%{expand:%(cd %_sourcedir; cat %{-u*})}}
 %files -n %{-n*}-%1
 %{-f:%{expand:%(cd %_sourcedir; cat %{-f*})}}
 %{!-f:%defattr (-,root,root)}
 %{!-f:/lib/modules/%2}
+
+# vim: set syntax=on ft=sh :

--- /usr/lib/rpm/rpm-suse-kernel-module-subpackage

+++ /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/subpkg

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@

' $spec

)

Provides: %{-n*} = %(echo %{-v*}-%3 | tr - _)

-Requires: kernel-%1

-AutoReqProv: on

+Requires: kernel-%1 = %( echo %2 | sed "s,-%1,," )

+AutoReqProv: off

%{-p:%{expand:%(cd %_sourcedir; cat %{-p*})}}

%description -n %{-n*}-%1

@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@

done

+if [ -f /etc/vmware-tools/locations ] ; then

+ for kmodule in ${modules[@]}; do

+ echo "file $kmodule $( stat -c %Y $kmodule )"

+ >> /etc/vmware-tools/locations

+ echo "file $( echo $kmodule |

+ sed -e "s,.ko,.o," -e "s,updates,misc," )"

+ >> /etc/vmware-tools/locations

+ echo "answer $( echo ${kmodule##*/} | sed -e "s,.ko,," |

+ tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' )_CONFED yes"

+ >> /etc/vmware-tools/locations

+ done

+ [ -f /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured ] &&

+ rm -f /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured

+fi

%{-i:%{expand:%(cd %_sourcedir; cat %{-i*})}}

%preun -n %{-n*}-%1

version=%(echo %{-v*}-%3 | tr - _)

@@ -116,8 +131,29 @@

done

+if [ -f /etc/vmware-tools/locations ] ; then

+ for kmodule in ${modules[@]}; do

+ MOD="$( echo ${kmodule##*/} | sed -e "s,.ko,," |

+ tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' )_CONFED yes"

+ [ -n "$( grep "$MOD" /etc/vmware-tools/locations )" ] &&

+ sed -i "/$MOD/d" /etc/vmware-tools/locations

+ [ -n "$( grep "file $kmodule" /etc/vmware-tools/locations )" ] &&

+ sed -i "/file ${kmodule////\/}.*/d" /etc/vmware-tools/locations

+ MOD="$( echo $kmodule | sed -e "s,.ko,.o," -e "s,updates,misc," )"

+ [ -n "$( grep "file $MOD" /etc/vmware-tools/locations )" ] &&

+ sed -i "/file $( echo $MOD | sed -e "s,/,\/,g" )/d"

+ /etc/vmware-tools/locations

+ done

+ [ ! -f /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured ] &&

+ touch /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured

+fi

%{-u:%{expand:%(cd %_sourcedir; cat %{-u*})}}

%files -n %{-n*}-%1

%{-f:%{expand:%(cd %_sourcedir; cat %{-f*})}}

%{!-f:%defattr (-,root,root)}

%{!-f:/lib/modules/%2}

+# vim: set syntax=on ft=sh :

This is my final version of the subpkg template and I hopefully demonstrated how powerful a customized subpkg template can be!

New vmware-tools-kmp

June 10, 2009June 21, 2013 Christian Leave a comment

Disclaimer: I don’t take any responsibility for faults within the software, I just provide the RPM’s! Feel free to ask me about stuff concerning these RPM’s, but I ain’t accountable if your stuff goes kaboom! Oh, and those RPM’s aren’t recommended or supported by VMware!

Since we recently upgraded our VMware Infrastructure to VMware vSphere, I finally had a chance to refresh the RPM’s for the KMP for 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-0.1 and 2.6.27.21-0.1. You can find the source RPM here.

vmware-tools-kmp-bigsmp (SLES10: i586)
vmware-tools-kmp-debug (SLES10: i586/x86_64; SLES11: i586/x86_64)
vmware-tools-kmp-default (SLES10: i586/x86_64; SLES11: i586/x86_64)
vmware-tools-kmp-kdump (SLES10: i586/x86_64)
vmware-tools-kmp-kdumppae (SLES10: i586)
vmware-tools-kmp-pae (SLES11: i586)
vmware-tools-kmp-smp (SLES10: i586/x86_64)
vmware-tools-kmp-trace (SLES11: i586/x86_64)
vmware-tools-kmp-vmi (SLES10: i586; SLES11: i586)
vmware-tools-kmp-vmipae (SLES10: i586)
vmware-tools-kmp-xen (SLES10: i586/x86_64; SLES11: i586/x86_64)
vmware-tools-kmp-xenpae (SLES10: i586)

Just a heads-up: while the modules itself work, VMware did something to the init-script which prevents it to load the modules unless you run vmware-config-tools.pl. I’m still in the process of sorting that out.

Novell KMP: vmware-tools-kmp and ibm-lin_tape-kmp

May 10, 2009August 8, 2014 Christian Leave a comment

Disclaimer: I don’t take any responsibility for faults within the software, I just provide the RPM’s! Feel free to ask me about stuff concerning these RPM’s, but I ain’t accountable if your stuff goes kaboom … Oh, and those RPM’s aren’t recommended or supported by Novell or IBM!

After working with the novell-kmp solution, I think it’s actually rather easy to create a “Kernel Module Package“. In the end, I created two additional KMP’s, one for the tools component of the VMware-Tools shipped with VMware ESX, and another for the lin_tape SCSI driver, used by our IBM TS3400 as well as the IBM TS7530.

Some parts (especially the build system used within the VMware kernel modules) took some figuring out/playing around, but I actually got it working. Now each time I update the VMware-Tools I just need to install the new RPM, tada! No need for a fully fledged build environment on every box.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10:

ibm-lin_tape-1.24.0_2.6.16.60_0.37_f594963d-0.1 (i586, x86_64, ~~SRPM~~)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-bigsmp (i586)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-debug (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-default (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-kdump (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-kdumppae (i586)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-smp (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-vmi (i586)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-vmipae (i586)
vmware-tools-kmp-3.5.0_153875_2.6.16.60_0.37_f594963d-0.1 (~~SRPM~~)
- vmware-tools-kmp-bigsmp (i586)
- vmware-tools-kmp-debug (i586, x86_64)
- vmware-tools-kmp-default (i586, x86_64)
- vmware-tools-kmp-kdump (i586, x86_64)
- vmware-tools-kmp-kdumppae (i586)
- vmware-tools-kmp-smp (i586, x86_64)
- vmware-tools-kmp-vmi (i586)
- vmware-tools-kmp-vmipae (i586)
- vmware-tools-kmp-xen (i586, x86_64)
- vmware-tools-kmp-xenpae (i586)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11:

ibm-lin_tape-1.24.0_2.6.27.21_0.1-0.1 (i586, x86_64, ~~SRPM~~)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-debug (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-default (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-pae (i586)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-trace (i586)
- ibm-lin_tape-kmp-vm (i586, x86_64)
vmware-tools-kmp-3.5.0_153875_2.6.27.21_0.1-0.1 (~~SRPM~~)
- vmware-tools-kmp-debug (i586, x86_64)
- vmware-tools-kmp-default (i586, x86_64)
- vmware-tools-kmp-pae (i586)
- vmware-tools-kmp-trace (i586, x86_64)
- vmware-tools-kmp-vmi (i586)
- vmware-tools-kmp-xen (i586, x86_64)

Novell KMP: Useable version of ibm-rdac-ds4000

May 9, 2009August 8, 2014 Christian 1 Comment

After some more tinkering, a lot more looking at the macros in /usr/lib/rpm/rpm-suse-kernel-module-subpackage and /usr/lib/rpm/suse_macros, I think I finally have a usable RPM’ified version of IBM’s Multipathing driver ready for use.

There is still one major annoyance left: each time you install a new ibm-rdac-ds4000-kmp RPM, you also need to reinstall the corresponding ibm-rdac-ds4000-initrd package, as the macros in /usr/lib/rpm don’t allow for custom %post or %postun.

As mentioned before, I’m gonna send them to LSI/IBM for review, and maybe, MAYBE they are actually gonna make use of that.

Without further delay, here’s the list of packages. Just a short explanation: you need mppUtil-%version, in order to install the ibm-rdac-ds4000-kmp.

mppUtil-09.03.0C05.0030-0.2 (i586, x86_64, ~~SRPM~~)
ibm-rdac-kmp-09.03.0C05.0030_2.6.16.60_0.37_f594963d-0.2 (SRPM)
- ibm-rdac-kmp-bigsmp (i586)
- ibm-rdac-kmp-debug (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-rdac-kmp-default (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-rdac-kmp-kdump (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-rdac-kmp-kdumppae (i586)
- ibm-rdac-kmp-smp (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-rdac-kmp-vmi (i586)
- ibm-rdac-kmp-vmipae (i586)
ibm-rdac-ds4000-initrd-09.03.0C05.0030_2.6.16.60_0.37_f594963d-0.2
- ibm-rdac-initrd-bigsmp (i586)
- ibm-rdac-initrd-debug (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-rdac-initrd-default (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-rdac-initrd-kdump (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-rdac-initrd-kdumppae (i586)
- ibm-rdac-initrd-smp (i586, x86_64)
- ibm-rdac-initrd-vmi (i586)
- ibm-rdac-initrd-vmipae (i586)

This package should be usable with System Storage DS4000 as well as System Storage DS3000 (they use the exact same source code).

I also know, that this solution isn’t really perfect. I’ve been looking at the %triggerin/%triggerun macros, but right now I can’t draw up a scenario (an easy one at that) to successfully use triggers in this situation. Only idea coming up looks like this:

Put the triggers into ibm-rdac-ds4000
When installing the kernel module packages, ~~write the kernelversion/-flavor into a temporary file~~ (impossible, since the macros don’t let you influence %post), and then let the trigger create/update the MPP initrd

If anyone knows a better solution (as in easier, without the writing to a separate file), I’m all ears.

Novell KMP: KMP’ing IBM’s RDAC driver

May 8, 2009August 8, 2014 Christian 1 Comment

Well, after yesterday’s lesson about getting the IBM RDAC to install for a not-yet-running kernel, I decided to take it a step further. Novell does have some documentation about KMP’s, which is actually rather good, especially the guide written by Andreas Grünbacher.

After a short tinkering, I got it actually working. I was kinda surprised, at how easily it actually is. One problem I still have to deal with, is modifying the %post, to generate the mpp-initrd image. For now, the KMP only contains the default %post, which updates the modules.* stuff.

Name:            ibm-rdac
License:         GPL
Group:           System/Kernel
Summary:         IBM Multipathing driver for DS4000 disk subsystems.

Version:         09.03.0C05.0030
Release:         0.1
Source0:         rdac-LINUX-%version-source.tar.gz
BuildRequires:   kernel-source kernel-syms
BuildRoot:       %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build

Requires(post):    mppUtil-%{version}, module-init-tools
Requires(preun):   module-init-tools
Requires(postun):  module-init-tools

%suse_kernel_module_package um

%description
This is the Engenio Linux RDAC Driver Package for IBM DS4000
Storage Subsystems.

%package KMP
Group:     System/Kernel
Summary:   IBM Multipathing driver for DS4000 disk subsystems.

%description KMP
This is the Engenio Linux RDAC Driver Package for IBM DS4000
Storage Subsystems.

%prep
%setup -n linuxrdac-%{version}
set -- *
mkdir source
mv "$@" source/
mkdir obj

%build
export EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DVERSION="%version"'
for flavor in %flavors_to_build; do
    rm -rf obj/$flavor
    cp -r source obj/$flavor
    make -C /usr/src/linux-obj/%_target_cpu/$flavor modules 
            M=$PWD/obj/$flavor
done

%install
export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
export INSTALL_MOD_DIR=updates
for flavor in %flavors_to_build; do
    make -C /usr/src/linux-obj/%_target_cpu/$flavor modules_install 
            M=$PWD/obj/$flavor
done

%changelog
* Thu May 07 2009 - 09.03.0C05.0030-0.1
  - Initial package.

Name: ibm-rdac

License: GPL

Group: System/Kernel

Summary: IBM Multipathing driver for DS4000 disk subsystems.

Version: 09.03.0C05.0030

Release: 0.1

Source0: rdac-LINUX-%version-source.tar.gz

BuildRequires: kernel-source kernel-syms

BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build

Requires(post): mppUtil-%{version}, module-init-tools

Requires(preun): module-init-tools

Requires(postun): module-init-tools

%suse_kernel_module_package um

%description

This is the Engenio Linux RDAC Driver Package for IBM DS4000

Storage Subsystems.

%package KMP

Group: System/Kernel

Summary: IBM Multipathing driver for DS4000 disk subsystems.

%description KMP

This is the Engenio Linux RDAC Driver Package for IBM DS4000

Storage Subsystems.

%prep

%setup -n linuxrdac-%{version}

set -- *

mkdir source

mv "$@" source/

mkdir obj

%build

export EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DVERSION="%version"'

for flavor in %flavors_to_build; do

rm -rf obj/$flavor

cp -r source obj/$flavor

make -C /usr/src/linux-obj/%_target_cpu/$flavor modules

M=$PWD/obj/$flavor

done

%install

export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT

export INSTALL_MOD_DIR=updates

for flavor in %flavors_to_build; do

make -C /usr/src/linux-obj/%_target_cpu/$flavor modules_install

M=$PWD/obj/$flavor

done

%changelog

* Thu May 07 2009 - 09.03.0C05.0030-0.1

- Initial package.

Now, I’m kinda asking myself, why don’t more vendors submit their drivers to Novell in form of KMP’s … Anyway, I’m gonna send mine the LSI/IBM way, maybe they’ll pick it up …

RPM spec: Installing a custom init-script

March 26, 2009June 21, 2013 Christian Leave a comment

Well, I’m sitting again here grinding my head on how to fix up a certain package. Now, I had to look it up again, so this time I’m writing it down!

Source1: ${name}.initd
...
install -o root -g root -m 755 %{S:1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/ndo2db

Source1: ${name}.initd

...

install -o root -g root -m 755 %{S:1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/ndo2db

Building opsview for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

January 21, 2009January 21, 2009 Christian 1 Comment

Well, I just looked at opsview again (haha, thanks Alex :-P). Only trouble is, the people over at opsview don’t distribute RPM’s for that … After registering for their site, to download the SRPM’s (or to download anything), I got the RPM’s and started looking at them.

Well, the only things I needed to adjust in opsview-base, opsview-core and opsview-perl were the dependencies. I also needed to rebuild a RPM for perl-Version from Dag Wieers, since opsview-perl required them to even build.

opsview 2.14.1 (build 1695-1)
- opsview-agent (i586, x86_64)
- opsview-base (i586, x86_64)
- opsview-core (noarch)
- opsview-perl (i586, x86_64)
- opsview-reports (noarch)
- opsview-slave (i586, x86_64)
- opsview-web (noarch)
opsview 3.0.0 (beta, build 1895-1)
- opsview-agent (i586, x86_64)
- opsview-base (i586, x86_64)
- opsview-core (noarch)
- opsview-perl (i586, x86_64)
- opsview-reports (noarch)
- opsview-slave (noarch)
- opsview-web (noarch)

Installation order is like this:

opsview-base
opsview-perl
opsview-web
opsview-core
opsview-reports

If you are looking for older versions, try the respective directory on distributions.barfoo.org (for example i586 for SLES10).

If you encounter a missing link (either ~~striked~~ or just missing), please note that older builds aren’t available anymore.

Nagios and check_ram yet again

November 14, 2008June 21, 2013 Christian Leave a comment

As some people know, I previously “created” (mostly modified the check_swap plug-in to print RAM usage) check_ram in C. Now one of my problems for the past few months was putting the C plug-in as well as “supported” environment under the same hat. Today I had another look at the amount of available plug-ins in NagiosExchange. There are quite a few plug-ins available, but as I do have some experience with Python, I used the one written in Python.

It was rather easy hacking in support for performance data into it, as the below shows. Someone else already posted a non-unified diff for performance data support, but that ain’t quite right according to the Nagios plug-in development guidelines.

The clue to build ppc64 RPM’s

June 26, 2008August 16, 2014 Christian Leave a comment

Remember, I talked about building RPM’s on SLES10SP2 on ppc64 ? Well, turns out I was rather stupid .. and it was rather simple (don’t ask me why I didn’t think of that). I tried asking solar, I used Google (apparently with the wrong search parameters), nothing though. Not a clue.

Today it bugged me again, so I used Google again. This time with “ppc64 suse rpmbuild“, and guess what I saw within the preview of the second hit ..

rpmbuild -ba --target ppc64 myfile.spec

1	rpmbuild -ba --target ppc64 myfile.spec

And here I thought I was missing something, turns out I was really stupid though .. *shrug* Building stuff like nagios works with that just fine ..

Update: or not. It worked only a single time and is broken ever since again. Guess I’m gonna reload the box on Tuesday.

Tag: RPM

RPM: Query a specific rpm-file for information

-p `<file>` — Query a Specific RPM Package File

KMP: Define a new subpkg template

New vmware-tools-kmp

Novell KMP: vmware-tools-kmp and ibm-lin_tape-kmp

Novell KMP: Useable version of ibm-rdac-ds4000

Novell KMP: KMP’ing IBM’s RDAC driver

RPM spec: Installing a custom init-script

Building opsview for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

Nagios and check_ram yet again

The clue to build ppc64 RPM’s

-p <file> — Query a Specific RPM Package File

-p `<file>` — Query a Specific RPM Package File