On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 11:13:15AM -0400, Ben Beasley wrote: > In your example, the forge macros simplify the spec file only because a snapshot is involved; but the forge macros put the snapshot info in the Release field, which is still permissible but deprecated[1]. > > Without the forge macros, the spec file would admittedly be a little more complex. I would probably do something like the following: > > %global commit 791953030836d39687688a8e7f1a3e708892cfa1 > %global snapdate 20230420 > > Version: 1.2^%{snapdate}git%(echo '%{commit}' | cut -b -7) > Release: 1%{?dist} Minor comment: %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7}) is a bit nicer because it doesn't require 'cut', it just uses 'echo', which is a shell builtin. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue