On Fri, 4 Dec 2020, Miro Hrončok wrote:

On 12/3/20 10:06 PM, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
Is %generate_buildrequires suppose to work for packages
which do not used python ?

Yes, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DynamicBuildRequires

Thanks. Now that I read that, this looks like a good plean.

(I am also confused/suspicious of the point of a macro to automate
  build requires, except as a step on a path to somewhere else.
  If build requirements need to be stated explicitly,
  then automating their statement is a good way of hiding an issue
  that needs to be reviewed whenever changes are made.
)

Indeed, things are less explicit when reading the spec file.
OTOH When upstream requirements change, one does not need to update them manually.

Certainly a very good step in this direction.
Is there anything to save an upstream devel from having to know that, say,
what Ubuntu calls "libX11-dev", CentOS calls libX11-devel ?

No more obsolete buildrequires (they tend to happen, really).
Yes; I have seen that.

Thanks for the pointer to
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DynamicBuildRequires

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Andrew C. Aitchison                                     Kendal, UK
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