Action requested: check dist tags and conditionals

Julian Sikorski belegdol at gmail.com
Thu Jun 4 20:11:49 UTC 2009


Bill Nottingham pisze:
> (If you've never used a construct like "%if 0%{?fedora}" in your spec
> file, you can disregard this message.)
> 
> Many packages in Fedora use release-based conditionals such as:
> 
> ...
> %if 0%{?rhel}
> %endif
> 
> %if 0%{?fedora} < 10
> %endif
> 
> %{?fedora:%global _with_xfce --with-xfce}
> ...
> 
> I'd just like to remind people of the following:
> 
> - If you're using open ended conditionals such as:
> 	%if 0%{?fedora} > 9
>   make sure you keep in mind what will happen if %{fedora} isn't defined,
>   such as in the case of a derivative distribution.
> 
> - If you're building for EPEL from a unified Fedora spec file, and have
>   separate %{fedora} and %{rhel} sections, make sure they do the right
>   things for any potential new releases, not just %{rhel} = 4 or %{rhel} = 5.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bill
> 
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This is often used to tailor BuildRequires, I can't take responsibility
what a given release of a derivative distro does or doesn't include.

Julian




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