Re: pmacct package proposal

[Chris Wilson <chris-epel-110727 aptivate org>]

Hi Manuel,

On Tue, 2 Aug 2011, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:

> > > > > %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel_version} || 0%{?centos_version}
> > > > > Requires: mysql postgresql-libs
> > > > > %else
> > > > > Requires: mysql-shared postgresql-libs
> > > > > %endif
>
> did you define and pass to rpmbuild one of the variables which triggers 
> the first branch of the test ? By default these variables are not 
> defined and therefore the whole branch is skipped. in koji the needed 
> variables are defined by the build environment but for local builds you 
> must define them yourself, as appropriate for your use case.

Ah, I didn't know that. Is there a sensible way to detect the distro 
automatically so that users can run rpmbuild without worrying about 
unusual/non-standard command-line options and it will just work?

Cheers, Chris.
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