rpmrpmbuildrpm-spec

When creating an rpm package, how can I retain the permissions same as that of the source directory I have provided?

My source directory that gets packaged has different permissions for some directories and files, do I have to explicitly use %attr for each directory and file? Is there a way to just use same permissions as the source?

Relevant spec file sections:

%install 
cp -rp $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}/opt $RPM_BUILD_ROOT 
cp -rp $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}/var $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

and the %file section is:

%files 
/opt 
/var

EDIT: SOLUTION (thanks to Chris Maes) use %defattr(-,-,-)

Solution

  • in that case, just use a dash (-):

    %files
%defattr(-, user, group)
/path/to/files

    from the documentation:

    If a particular attribute does not need to be specified (usually because the file is installed with that attribute set properly), then that attribute may be replaced with a dash.