rpm/pom.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>   
    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
    <!-- NOTE: no dashes allowed in version -->
    <version>3.0.4</version>
  </parent>

  <groupId>org.apache.maven.rpm</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
  <packaging>rpm</packaging>
  <name>Maven Distribution RPM</name>
  <description>Maven distribution</description>

  <properties>
    <rpm.source.location>${project.build.directory}/rpm-unpack/apache-maven-3.0.4</rpm.source.location>
    <rpm.username>root</rpm.username>
    <rpm.groupname>root</rpm.groupname>
    <!-- where the rpm will be installed -->
    <installationPath>/usr/local</installationPath>
    <installationFolder>${project.artifactId}</installationFolder>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
      <artifactId>apache-maven</artifactId>
      <version>${project.version}</version>
      <type>tar.gz</type>
      <classifier>bin</classifier>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
          <includeTypes>tar.gz</includeTypes>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>unpack-tarballs</id>
            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/rpm-unpack</outputDirectory>
              <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
              <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>rpm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <mappings>
            <mapping>
              <directory>${installationPath}/${installationFolder}</directory>
              <sources>
                <source>
                  <location>${rpm.source.location}</location>
                  <excludes>
                    <exclude>bin/mvn*</exclude>
                  </excludes>
                </source>
              </sources>
            </mapping>
            <!-- bin files -->
            <mapping>
              <directory>${installationPath}/${installationFolder}/bin</directory>
              <filemode>755</filemode>
              <sources>
                <source>
                  <location>${rpm.source.location}/bin</location>
                  <includes>
                    <include>mvn*</include>
                  </includes>
                </source>
              </sources>
            </mapping>
            <!-- bin files link from /usr/local/bin -->
            <mapping>
              <directory>/usr/local/bin</directory>
              <sources>
                <softlinkSource>
                  <location>${installationPath}/${installationFolder}/bin</location>
                  <includes>
                    <include>mvn*</include>
                  </includes>
                  <excludes>
                    <exclude>*.bat</exclude>
                  </excludes>
                </softlinkSource>
              </sources>
            </mapping>
            <!-- files that will go into root folder -->
            <mapping>
              <directory>/</directory>
              <directoryIncluded>false</directoryIncluded>
              <sources>
                <source>
                  <location>${basedir}/src/main/rpm</location>
                </source>
              </sources>
            </mapping>
          </mappings>
<!-- Some users refer openjdk, so leaving out this requirement for now
          <requires>
            <require>jdk &gt; 1.5.0</require>
          </requires>
-->
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.4</version>
        </plugin>
        <!-- NOTE - some environments may need $HOME/.rpmmacros with content:
          %_tmppath /tmp
        -->
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
          <artifactId>rpm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.1-alpha-1</version>
          <extensions>true</extensions>
          <configuration>
            <!-- Hack "BuildArch: noarch" into the spec file to make sure the rpm is noarch
            command line parameter "target" 'noarch' doesn't work (at least in os x) 
            See: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRPM-79
            -->
            <group>Development/Tools
BuildArch: noarch
            </group>
            <defaultUsername>${rpm.username}</defaultUsername>
            <defaultGroupname>${rpm.groupname}</defaultGroupname>
            <defaultFilemode>644</defaultFilemode>
            <defaultDirmode>755</defaultDirmode>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
  </build>
</project>