In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> [...]
> We prefer the clean-room approach and did not care about existing
> .spec's at all. We always start from scratch, because experience
> showed that you are faster this way if you want to reach a 100% clean
> packaging. The are multiple reasons for this. The main ones follow:
>
> 1. OpenPKG packages _have to_ be build-able under non-root
> (for security and OS-trashing reasons)
>
> 2. OpenPKG packages _have to_ be build-able inside $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> (for correct file determination reasons)
>
> 3. OpenPKG package specifications _have to_ be all of the
> same coding style. We're very pedantic about cleanness.
> (for maintainance and consistency reasons)
Just FYI: This is now answered in even more detail also in the FAQ.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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