Is there dh_make analog for rpm packages

Question

Existing source distributions can be debianized easily using dh_make, but I failed to find similar tool for rpm packages. Are there any, or the only way is to write spec file manually

Answer 1

Debian has the information in several files in debian/ directory. On the other hand RPM package is made only by *.spec file.

If you run:

vim foo.spec

where foo.spec does not exist, vim should load generic template for spec file.

When you install rpmdevtools package, then there is command:

rpmdev-newspec -m --type ruby

for list of available types see /etc/rpmdevtools where the templates reside.

And of course then there are lots of generator, which can create SRPM or spec file just from the name of the module:

pyp2rpm <some PyPI module>
gem2rpm <some rubygem module>
cpanspec <some CPAN module>

And probably some others.