Re: Including Documentation files in the SPEC file

[Mark Amidon <amidon caldera com>]

Cameron Scott ICM N MC MI SI 6 wrote:
> Why can't you do:
> %description -f <path to documentation file>   ???

Just try querying an uninstalled .rpm file and see how far you get.

> You can include a files list - why not a document file for a description?

Because the contents of an .rpm file are compressed, so you couldn't
read the internal description file without unpacking the fool thing.

> Unless I'm missing something, I need now to update both the Description
> Documents as well as the %description entry in the SPEC files.
> I think it would be a good "feature" don't you?  :)

The Description Documents should have significantly more data than the
few lines or paragraphs in the SPEC files.

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