'Twas brillig, and Bertaux Xavier at 20/08/11 14:42 did gyre and gimble: > Le 20/08/2011 15:34, D.Morgan a écrit : >> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 3:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Revision 134638 Author shadow95 Date 2011-08-20 15:22:52 +0200 (Sat, 20 Aug >>> 2011) >>> >>> Log Message >>> >>> - clean spec >>> >>> Modified Paths >>> >> >> Why do you clean by removing rpm macros ? what was wrong with them ? > > Hi, > > sorry I'm apprentice packager ! > So on all spec Mageia that I've seen, macro %{_install} and macro > %{_mkdir_p} are not used, but if it's better, I can remake that. > Which difference in install and %{_install} and mkdir -p and %{_mkdir_p} ?
I do have to wonder why those macros are used... it seems quite trivial to use the actual commands directly and that ultimately increases portability (which maybe isn't a major concern, but all the same) What are the general thoughts on this? Col -- Colin Guthrie mageia(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mageia Contributor [http://www.mageia.org/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]
