On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 08:11:07 -0600, DG (Dennis) wrote: > > > Is it significant that all three filenames end in "-srpm"? Or > > > should this be considered a bug in Koji? > > > > I think the -srpm in there is not important. > > > > $ ls /etc/rpm > > macros.color macros.fjava macros.mono-srpm macros.systemd > > macros.dist macros.gconf2 macros.ocaml-srpm macros.texlive > > macros.emacs macros.ghc-srpm macros.perl > > macros.faldor macros.jpackage macros.prelink > the -srpm is there because the langugaes can provide other language > specific macros in a file without -srpm the -srpm is to define that > the macros are needed at srpm creation time and are slightly special > because of it. the idea of them is to make it pretty easy to add a arch > to a language by modifying one place rather than hundreds. > > by having the macros.ghc-srpm a ghc-common or ghc-filesystem or some > such package can provide macros.ghc which has macros for rpm createion > and not for srpm creation So, it's just a namespace issue, a slightly more unique file name, isn't it? To avoid file conflicts. RPM loads all files named macros.* -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
