Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 20:43 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
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).
Yup. Originally, I think it was a # replacing a %, but at some point,
moved to "#% "... Same difference.
%% is a cleaner way to do it, but some packagers may not realize it
disables the macro.
While %% may be a bit cleaner, a # in front of it makes more sense to
more people I think.
My point is that you need *both* since rpm will interpret the macro
regardless of whether or not it's commented out.
...unless of course there's a space after the %, as is currently the
case. :)
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Jarod Wilson
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