Re: %configure and RPM_OPT_FLAGS

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On 29 Jul 2003, Harald Hoyer wrote:

> I wanted to modify CXXFLAGS and stumbled across the %configure
> definition...
> CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-%optflags}" 
> CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:-%optflags}"
> FFLAGS="${FFLAGS:-%optflags}"
> 
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to have this in /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/macros:
> 
> RPM_OPT_FLAGS="%{optflags}"

This part already happens automatically and is unnecessary.

> CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}" 
> CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}" 
> FFLAGS="${FFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}"
> 
> so that I can modify RPM_OPT_FLAGS prior to calling %configure??

If it is safe to assume that $RPM_OPT_FLAGS is only ever used in %build,
then please commit the change to redhat-rpm-config in devel CVS, and build 
the update into dist-3.0E and dist-10.

-- Elliot
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.