element-desktop-rpm/README.md

Element Desktop RPM packaging

This repository builds an RPM package from the upstream Element Desktop Linux x86_64 tarball:

https://packages.element.io/desktop/install/linux/glibc-x86-64/element-desktop.tar.gz

Latest upstream version tracked in this repo: 1.12.16

What it does

• Downloads the current upstream tarball.
• Derives the version from the tarball root directory.
• Renders a concrete spec file with that version before invoking rpmbuild.
• Repackages the prebuilt binaries into an RPM.
• Removes the upstream auto-update manifest so RPM remains the update path.
• Sets resources/package-type to rpm.
• Forces rpmbuild to target x86_64, which avoids COPR SRPM failures on non-x86_64 source builders.
• Supports COPR SCM builds through .copr/Makefile.

Local builds

Build a source RPM:

make srpm

Build a binary RPM and source RPM:

make rpm

Artifacts are written to dist/.

COPR

Use COPR's SCM source type with:

• Clone URL: this repository
• Spec template: SPECS/element-desktop.spec.in
• SRPM build method: make srpm
• Enable only x86_64 binary chroots for this package

COPR will invoke .copr/Makefile, which calls the same SRPM generation script used for local builds. That script downloads the upstream tarball during the SRPM stage, so no vendored source archive is required in git.