On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 08:04:30PM -0500, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 01:08:39AM +0059, Han Boetes wrote: > > > > No you don't get it. Must be the english part ;). ``let them'' means > > something like: If they report that an srpm does not build anymore we > > can tell them (in a faq or something) to add those lines to their macros > > file or run "this" script that does it for them. There is nothing hidden > > about that. > > Why not just issue an rpm update for the two most previously released > (or however many releases are still officially currently supported) > distros that add those macros and be done with the issue?
it already exists :) so just make an update to the update ! [yduret@klama RPMS]$ rpm -qpi rpm-macros-8.2-0.2mdk.noarch.rpm Name : rpm-macros Relocations: /usr Version : 8.2 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 0.2mdk Build Date: Mon Jun 24 14:09:17 2002 Install date: (not installed) Build Host: updates.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Configuration/Packaging Source RPM: rpm-macros-8.2-0.2mdk.src.rpm Size : 5401 License: GPL Packager : Linux-Mandrake Security Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : compatibility macros for old distributions Description : Install this package if you want the latest macros used by more modern Mandrake Linux distributions. -- Yves Duret [EMAIL PROTECTED] piouk toujours et meme apres !