Re: %{expand:...} documentation

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Aug 27, 2007, at 3:08 PM, Jos Vos wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 02:59:08PM -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>
> > > I think this is an example of proper use (as there is a recursion),
> > > right?
> > >
> > > %{expand: %%define _includedir %{_includedir}/%{name}}
> >
> > In this case, it really doesn't matter how often "%{_includedir}/%
> > {name}" is
> > expanded. Well, it _MAY_matter if the value of %{name} is changing,
> > but I doubt you can really solve the problem of, say, %{name}  
> > possibly
> > changing
> > meaningfully by using %{expand:...}.
>
> Uhh... now I'm confused.  I tried:

No I missed the recursive expansion. Yes, %{expand:...} needs to be  
used,
or the recursion needs to be avoided somehow.

73 de Jeff