rpmbuild whatnot

Random rpmbuild stuff:

• Here's how to create symlinks when building an RPM

• If you're packaging a statically-built binary (I know, I know) and it suddenly craps out with "unexpected reloc type in static binary", put this in your spec file:

    %define __os_install_post %{nil}

(Found here)

• To see what macros are defined for your RPMs, run:

rpm --showrc

• The best way I found to make a symlink in an RPM is like so:

pushd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/bin
ln -sf ../package/bin/foo .

• If an rpmbuild invocation fails, don't forget to remove $RPMBUILDROOT. OTOH, that might be my fault for not including that as part of the setup...not sure.