RPM Build Options (--with foo/--without bar, etc.) [Was: Re: Optional packages for the build-time testsuite runs?]

[Peter Gordon]

On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:42 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> What I have done in similar situations [1] is applying rpm's
> --with/--without in combination with koji scratch builds and local
> builds.
> 
> I.e. I am using %{?_with_XXX} and friends inside of specs, such that you
> can specify them on rpmbuild's command-line for manual local builds. 

This is what I ended up doing for the startup-notification support in
Openbox a long time ago. (It was disabled by default at upstream's
request, but a simple "--with startup_notification" to rpmbuild would
have enabled it). If you intend to go about this path, I recommend using
the %bcond_with and %bcond_without macros. The encapsulate the
%{?_with_foo} stuff and make it just a little bit simpler. :)
-- 
Peter Gordon (codergeek42)
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