BuildRequires on python-abi

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 04:51 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > Look at these lines in python-amara.spec:
> > 
> > %build
> > %{__python}%{pyver} setup.py build
> > 
> > This requires /usr/bin/python%{pyver}, which is contained in the same
> > package that provides python-abi = %{pyver}. Since mach would have the
> > same issue looking for /usr/bin/python%{pyver}, the exact form of the
> > BuildRequires is unimportant.
> > 
> 
> no, it's not.
> 
> mach doesn't look at %build.
> 
> it's just doing buildreqs in advance for the build.

Yes, you're correct, we've established that. We're not even really
talking about mach here, we're just discussing why putting a
BuildRequires on python-abi = %{pyver} makes sense for this package,
independent of the build system.

-- 
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net>
http://fedora.ivazquez.net/

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