import distutils.command.bdist_rpm as orig class bdist_rpm(orig.bdist_rpm): """ Override the default bdist_rpm behavior to do the following: 1. Run egg_info to ensure the name and version are properly calculated. 2. Always run 'install' using --single-version-externally-managed to disable eggs in RPM distributions. 3. Replace dash with underscore in the version numbers for better RPM compatibility. """ def run(self): # ensure distro name is up-to-date self.run_command('egg_info') orig.bdist_rpm.run(self) def _make_spec_file(self): version = self.distribution.get_version() rpmversion = version.replace('-', '_') spec = orig.bdist_rpm._make_spec_file(self) line23 = '%define version ' + version line24 = '%define version ' + rpmversion spec = [ line.replace( "Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar", "Source0: %{name}-%{unmangled_version}.tar" ).replace( "setup.py install ", "setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed " ).replace( "%setup", "%setup -n %{name}-%{unmangled_version}" ).replace(line23, line24) for line in spec ] insert_loc = spec.index(line24) + 1 unmangled_version = "%define unmangled_version " + version spec.insert(insert_loc, unmangled_version) return spec