Abel Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 2003-08-04(Mon) 15:07:28 +0200, Pixel wrote:
> > Per Øyvind Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > - don't use overuse wildcards in %files list
> > [...]
> >
> > hum, as for me, i really prefer using many wildcards.
>
> However that also contributes to mis-packaging, e.g. including
> /usr/share/aclocal into other packages. $mandir is not problematic,
> but $datadir and $libdir can be.
but i used %{_mandir}/*/*, %{_gamesbindir}/*, %{_menudir}/*, %{_infodir}/*
which must not be problematic.
> Besides, with less overuse of wildcards, packager will be more alerted
> when something changed (file additions, directory moving etc), which is
> not a bad thing.
this is somewhat new with the unpackaged file error.
but when i upload a package, i always diff the file lists [1]. So as for
me, i prefer using many wildcards.
[1] using this script: http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~prigaux/Upload
