On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 16:23 -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 16:02 -0400, Sam Folk-Williams wrote: > > I noticed this in the kernel-2.6.22.1-33.fc7.src.rpm spec file as I was > > revising the kernel build docs: > > > > #% define buildid .local > > > > Just need to remove that space before 'define', otherwise we get the > > following after uncommenting. > > > > error: line 15: Unknown tag: % define buildid .local > > Better yet, double up the percent sign so that rpm doesn't try to > interpret the %define macro.
My guess is that the space is there specifically to prevent rpm from interpreting the %define macro (simply # commenting doesn't prevent it). %% is a cleaner way to do it, but some packagers may not realize it disables the macro. ~spot _______________________________________________ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
