kbuild: Fix rpm builds in userspace

.github/workflows/docker_images.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip3 install --upgrade pip
           cd kernelci-core
-          python3 -m pip install '.[dev]' --break-system-packages
+          python3 -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt --break-system-packages
           sudo cp -R config /etc/kernelci/
       - name: Cache apt packages
         uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@2c09a5e66da6c8016428a2172bd76e5e4f14bb17  # v1.5.4
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip3 install --upgrade pip
           cd kernelci-core
-          python3 -m pip install '.[dev]' --break-system-packages
+          python3 -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt --break-system-packages
           sudo cp -R config /etc/kernelci/
       - name: Cache apt packages
         uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@2c09a5e66da6c8016428a2172bd76e5e4f14bb17  # v1.5.4
@@ -202,4 +202,3 @@ jobs:
           DHNAME=$(./kci docker name --prefix=kernelci/staging- ${{ matrix.kcicmd }})
           docker tag $NAME $DHNAME
           docker push $DHNAME
-

kernelci/kbuild.py

@@ -847,6 +847,16 @@ def _build_with_tuxmake(self):
         tuxmake_cmd = " ".join(cmd_parts)
         print(f"[_build_with_tuxmake] Command: {tuxmake_cmd}")
         print(f"[_build_with_tuxmake] Output directory: {self._af_dir}")
+        # rpm defaults to /var/lib/rpm which a non-root build user cannot
+        # write to. Redirect _dbpath and _topdir into the workspace via
+        # ~/.rpmmacros so rpmdb and any rpmbuild invoked by tuxmake's
+        # *rpm-pkg targets share a writable location.
+        rpm_root = f"{self._workspace}/rpm"
+        self.addcmd(f"mkdir -p {rpm_root}/db {rpm_root}/build")
+        self.addcmd(
+            f"printf '%%_dbpath {rpm_root}/db\\n"
+            f"%%_topdir {rpm_root}/build\\n' > $HOME/.rpmmacros"
+        )
         self.addcmd("rpmdb --initdb 2>/dev/null || true")
         self.addcmd("stage=1")  # stage 1 failure is build failure
         self.addcmd(tuxmake_cmd)
@@ -868,6 +878,13 @@ def _build_with_tuxmake(self):
             f"fi"
         )
 
+        # Collect any rpm/srpm artifacts produced under our _topdir
+        # (set in ~/.rpmmacros above) so they land in af_dir for upload.
+        self.addcmd(
+            f"find {rpm_root}/build \\( -name '*.rpm' -o -name '*.src.rpm' \\) "
+            f"-exec cp {{}} {self._af_dir}/ \\; 2>/dev/null || true"
+        )
+
         self.addcmd("cd ..")
 
         if not self._dtbs_check and self._kselftest:

pyproject.toml

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dev = [
   "mypy==1.19.1",
   "pre-commit==4.3.0",
   "pytest-mock==3.15.1",
-  "ruff >= 0.9.0",
+  "ruff==0.11.5",
   "types-PyYAML==6.0.12.20250915",
   "types-requests==2.32.4.20260107",
   "types-urllib3==1.26.25.14",

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 mypy==1.19.1
 pre-commit==4.3.0
 pytest-mock==3.15.1
-ruff>=0.9.0
+ruff==0.11.5
 types-PyYAML==6.0.12.20250915
 types-requests==2.32.4.20260107
 types-urllib3==1.26.25.14