[Xymon] RHEL RPM package + SELinux support

[Viliam Pucik]

I am sorry for posting twice, having some issues with my mailing client :(

On 11/27/11, Viliam Pucik <viliam.pucik at gmail.com> wrote:
> For those of you interested in better RPM package with also
> experimental SELinux support, there is rpm.patch for RHEL5/6 systems
> available at
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3437504&group_id=128058&atid=710490
> which provides:
>
> * Fixed xymon and xymon-client init scripts based on Fedora/RHEL standards.
> * Configuration of init scripts stored in /etc/sysconfig.
> * Fixes RPM building warnings.
> * Experimental SELinux support - only know issues are not collecting
> ifconfig status and showgraph.cgi cannot send data to
> /var/lib/xymon/tmp/rrdctl.* (not sure if this is really an issue
> because graphs are correctly generated and displayed)
>
> To apply the patch and build RPMs simply download xymon 4.3.5 and
> rpm.patch from
> [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3437504&group_id=128058&atid=710490
> -> Attached File] and then:
>
> tar xf xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz
> cd xymon-4.3.5
> patch -p1 < ../rpm.patch
> cp rpm/* $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES
> cd ..
> tar czf xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz xymon-4.3.5
> cp xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES
> cd $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES
> sed -ie 's/@VER@/4.3.5/' xymon.spec
> rpmbuild -bb xymon.spec
>
> At the end you should end up with Xymon RPMs in $(rpmbuild -E
> '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/RPMS/. SELinux support is in separate RPM
> package called xymon-selinux.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Viliam Pucik
>