https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186572



--- Comment #3 from František Dvořák <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Mamoru TASAKA from comment #2)
> > 
> > - %define is considered less "predictable" than %global (although I don't
> > understand the details)
> 
> - For parametrized macro, %define is preferable (there seems some
>   way to use %global even for this case, but it is messy)
>   https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2009-May/msg00112.html
> 

OK, you will know better about this. :-)

> 
> > 4) what is the %{nil} after the rm command good for? (in %install section)
> %{nil} is expanded as nothing. No need to write this, however without this,
> I have to write
>  rm -rf \
>       .gitignore .travis.yml \
>       Doxyfile Gemfile Rakefile \
>       before_*.sh \
>       doc/.cvsignore \
>       *.gemspec \
>       test/ \
>       ext/ \
> <blank line>
> popd
> 

> ... which is inconvenient when I want to add some other files after
> ext/ entry (well, not a big deal anyway)

I see, nice trick.

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