[Mono-list] Seeking help with RPM creation for RHEL5

[Petit Eric]

You need either a valid install of mono, or if not, use in the spec a
"make get-monolite-latest" who will download bootstrap at the good
place

2009/7/20 Jon James <jon_james at dell.com>:
>
> Howdy folks,
>
> I'm looking for some help around building RPMs for RHEL5.  I have been able
> to download the source tarball for libgdiplus 2.4.2 and leverage the spec
> file for the fedora build.
>
> However, mono 2.4.2.2 has been quite the beast regarding building a RHEL5
> rpm package.  I am using the latest fedora mono.spec file located here:
> http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewvc/devel/mono/mono.spec?revision=1.137
>
> I have downloaded all the patch files from the fedora site and have them and
> the source bz2 file in my build structure.  I also have all the
> buildrequires packages installed.
>
> When i initiate the command: rpmbuild -ba mono.spec The building will begin,
> going through the various parts of the spec file but then towards the
> compiling of mono 2.4.2.2 it will throw exception and exit.
>
> Last bit of exit detail:
> make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/mono-2.4.2.2/mcs'
> make PROFILE=basic all
> make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/mono-2.4.2.2/mcs'
> make[6]: mcs: Command not found
> make[6]: *** [build/deps/basic-profile-check.exe] Error 127
> *** The compiler 'mcs' doesn't appear to be usable.
> *** You need a C# compiler installed to build MCS (make sure mcs works from
> the command line)
> *** Read INSTALL.txt for information on how to bootstrap a Mono
> installation.
> make[5]: *** [do-profile-check] Error 1
>
> In the spec file i'm using, it notes about a mono-basic buildrequires for
> bootstrapping but i have that commented out.
>
> I'm a bit new to this area of linux (building, compiling and packaging) and
> would appreciate some help.  I have been able to compile source for both
> libgdiplus and mono 2.4.2.2 without issue.
>
> Any direction? I'm a bit lost at the moment on what to try next.
>
> JJ
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