On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:18:03PM -0400, Cristian Rodriguez wrote:
> Paul Elliott escribió:
> 
> > %{?suse_update_config:BuildRequires:autoconf automake libtool}
> > %{?suse_update_libdir:%{suse_update_libdir}}
> > %{?suse_update_config:%{suse_update_config -f}}
> 
> If you really need what those macros do, create a patch instead.
> 


I added these because of the Packman guidelines for Biarch/AMD64.

http://wiki.links2linux.de/en/index.php/PackMan:PackagingConventions#Biarch.2FAMD64

> Biarch/AMD64 
> Various issues related to building on biarch/amd64 architecture: 
>     must use %suse_update_config -f and %suse_update_libdir before configure 
>     with every package - note that it might break the build of some packages, 
>     so it must be tested (only remove it if it breaks), like this: 

>  ...
>  %{?suse_update_config:BuildRequires:autoconf automake libtool}
>  ...
>  %prep
>  %setup -q .....
>  %{?suse_update_libdir:%{suse_update_libdir}}
>  %{?suse_update_config:%{suse_update_config -f}}


Why did the packman people say this, why are they wrong, and what should
I do instead?


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