On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 19:38 +0200, Pixel wrote: > "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The only reason we use mktemp in there is because we couldn't make rpm > > code changes to use the native glibc functions. As to rpm > > --short-circuit, well, I honestly think we should think long and hard > > about whether we want to keep it around. > > well, as for mandriva, i think it is mandatory to keep a similar > feature. and since nowadays distributions use build systems, i really > don't see how this can be dangerous. the usefulness to adjustate > %install and %files on big pkgs is quite obvious (my example: gcc) > > but i'm not against slowly obsoleting --short-circuit which has some > drawbacks in favor of the following (that mandriva inherited from > conectiva)
Hm. FWIW, my opinion is that people shouldn't be short-circuiting builds like you're describing, it only opens the door to non-reproducable builds. Obviously, others disagree with that. :) ~spot _______________________________________________ Rpm-maint mailing list Rpm-maint@lists.rpm.org https://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-maint
