On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 11:45:30AM +0100, Peter Backlund wrote:
> Unrelated, but I have to ask: what is the purpose of defining
> name/version/release like this:
>
> %define name gtkmm
> %define version 1.2.4
> %define release 1mdk
>
> and then:
>
> Name: %{name}
> Version: %{version}
> Release: %{release}
>
> I've seen it in a number of spec files.
Technically useless, except that the idea probably is that the
%define's are in top of the spec file and can be found (even)
more easy than the corresponding headers when you want to change
them. It's a matter of taste (and I personally don't like this).
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