Re: F38 proposal: Rpmautospec by Default (System-Wide Change proposal)

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On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 8:24 AM Dan Horák <dan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 08:14:04 -0500
> Stephen Smoogen <ssmoogen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 04:20, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2023 at 09:32:58AM +0100, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote:
> > > > On 02/01/2023 21:44, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
> > > > > - fedpkg mockbuild
> > > >
> > > > But it doesn't work correctly (will always use Release: 1) if you run
> > > > "rpmbuild -bs foo-bar.spec" which is a very common scenario.
> > >
> > > "Doctor, it hurts when I do that."
> > >
> > > 'rpmbuild -bs' is broken. Don't use it.
> > >
> > >
> > Could you please elucidate why the command that people have used for nearly
> > 30 years and is the most documented on how to build rpms is broken? And how
> > people should use instead when they may be dealing with an environment
> > which doesn't allow fedpkg to work? [AKA I am working on a package which I
> > want to submit for review so I need to build a @$@$% src RPM somehow and I
> > am being told I can't use the built in command to do so]
>
> I wonder whether we should start recommending "rpkg" instead of plain
> "rpmbuild" for the initial/non-dist-git work on rpms ... I am finding it
> quite useful/powerful.
>

As I understand it, rpkg is not maintained, so that would be a poor choice.




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