create var files under with "/" with rpmbuild - linux

Question

I'm new to the rpmbuild, googled and copy one spec file paramenters and created rpm successfully when i ran it the rpm nothing is creating
var.tar.gz -- this is my tar file. it has
var/
var/www/
var/www/html/index.html
My spec file
[root#kaka1 SPECS]# vi var.spec
Name: var
Version: 1
Release: 0
Summary: Xiph Streaming media server that supports multiple formats.
Group: Applications/Multimedia
License: GPL
URL: http################
Source: var-1.0.tar.gz
Prefix: %{_prefix}
Packager: Sukama
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
%description
easily and supports open standards for commuincation and interaction.
%prep
rm -rf /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/*
%setup -n var
gzip -dc /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/var-1.0.tar.gz| tar -xvvf -
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
exit $?
fi
could you help me where can i should mention my files to create under root?

Answer 1

First, don't use name like var, usr as package name, use that's more relevant to what the package may represent. Here is a simple spec file that should install index.html into the /var/www directory.
%define debug_package %{nil}
Summary: Simple SPEC
Name: simple
Version: 0
Release: 1
License: NONE # Use your suitable license
Group: NONE
URL: NONE
Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
## Following lines are commented out, but that's the way to go
#BuildRequires: httpd # This needs https RPM during your build
#Requires: httpd # This would require httpd to be installed for this RPM
%description
%prep
%setup -q # This untars the source
%build # currently empty
%install # This moves into the source directory "simple-0" (see below)
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/www
install -m 0644 index.html %{buildroot}/var/www/index.html
%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%post
%files
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
%doc
/var/www/index.html # Your packages owns the file, but not the directories
%changelog
* Web Feb 14 2018 <user#localhost> - 0.0
- Initial build.
For the above .spec file, one would need a tarball named simple-0.tar.gz. This maps to the Source0 name that is used inside the .spec. The content in this case would be a directory and a file: simple-0/index.html.