Re: %clean in rpm-4.4.7+

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On May 23, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:

> On Mon, 21 May 2007, Tim Mooney wrote:
>
> > All-
> >
> > With rpm 4.4.7 and later, rpm ignores the %clean in the spec file and
> > instead uses a set of macros to handle post-build cleanup of the  
> > build
> > system.  This was discussed on the rpm devel list and is  
> > documented in
> > the CHANGES, and the new functionality has been working fine.
> >
> > What I'm after is configuring my personal/system build default so  
> > that
> >
> > - the BuildRoot is NOT removed after a successful rpmbuild
> > - the Build subdirectory (%_topdir/BUILD/foo-1.0) IS removed after
> >  a successful rpmbuild, but left on an unsuccessful build.
>
> In 4.4.2 this is performed by "rpmbuild --clean <spec>".
> If it still true in > 4.4.2 I dont see any reasons for changes.

rpm-4.4.7 and later has refactored BuildRoot: and %clean out of spec  
files.

Unfortunately there's no fix for legacy spec files except to parse
and ignore the contents. Yet.

73 de Jeff