If both conditions are false:
  0%{?rhel} == 5
and
  0%{?rhel} == 6
neither if triggers, and you get:

if [ -x /sbin/new-kernel-pkg ]
then
fi

triggering the syntax error you received.


On 10/13/2012 07:52 AM, Steven Haigh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to make my kernel-xen package for EL6 also be buildable on
> EL5. One of the things that EL5 doesn't have is dracut - hence the
> --dracut option in new-kernel-pkg doesn't exist.
>
> I figured I could do some basic logic here in the %post and check the
> rhel version and run the appropriate command. The code:
>
> if [ -x /sbin/new-kernel-pkg ]
> then
> %if 0%{?rhel} == 5
> /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd --depmod --install
> %{KRELEASE} || exit $?
> %endif
> %if 0%{?rhel} == 6
> /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd --dracut --depmod
> --install %{KRELEASE} || exit $?
> %endif
> fi
>
> When I install the package however, I get:
> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89138: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89138: line 13: `fi'
> error: %post(kernel-xen-3.5.4-4.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 2
>
> It just so happens that line 13 of %post is: %if 0%{?rhel} == 5
>
> Does anyone have any insight on this? My google-foo has been failing
> badly on this :(
>
> While I apologise that this isn't specifically related to SL, it is
> about creation of packages for SL6 and (eventually) SL5.
>