Cpio Archive file not in header error when installing an RPM Built by gradle-ospackage-plugin when directory directive has trailing slash

[sshort]

This is mainly FYI and to help future googlers as the workaround is so easy. I'm using the nebula ospackage gradle plugin to build an RPM and I have found that using directory directive with a trailing slash causes a cpio archive file not in header error when the rpm is --install-ed. E.g.

directory("/var/log/blah/", 0644)

causes the error, but:

directory("/var/log/blah", 0644)

does not.

[terefang]

hello

i hit the same issue with maven/antrun using emptydir

i have researched that there where and still are various bugs/features in stock rpm that trigger that problem.

a best practice seems to eat up any extra "/" in directory paths.