[Fedora-packaging] Using %{dist} for conditional compilation

[Rex Dieter]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Orion Poplawski wrote:
> 
>> Andreas Thienemann wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> 
> 
>>> %if "%fedora" >= "4"
>>> BuildRequires: gcc-gfortran
>>> %else
>>> BuildRequires: gcc-g77
>>> %endif
>>>
>>> This should work.
> 
> 
>> On my FC4 box I get:
>>
>> $ rpmbuild -ba *spec
>> error: Failed build dependencies:
>>         gcc-g77 is needed by hdf-4.2r1-2.i386
>>
>> So looks like %fedora is not defined on user machins, only in the 
>> build system?  
> 
> 
> Yes, the Fedora Extras buildsystem defines this macro.  You expected
> otherwise?

To emulate the buildsystem behavior (in this context), you'd need to:

rpmbuild --define "fedora 4" --define "dist fc4" foo.spec

-- Rex