Dave Love <[email protected]> writes: >>> * RPM specs commonly have multiple sources specified, e.g. source and >>> doc or example tarballs, or configuration files of some kind which >>> aren't patches. Is there a way to do that? >> >> The ‘source’ field can be only one thing. However, you can always >> specify additional origin objects as inputs. There are multiple >> examples of that. > > Oh, thanks, but I still don't see how to use it. I'd be grateful if > someone can point me to examples; I couldn't find any when looking for > packages I thought might have them.
One example is “kentutils” in (gnu packages bioinformatics). It has “samtabix” among its native-inputs and these additional sources are unpacked in a separate build phase “prepare-samtabix”. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net
