Re: Macros stored in a separate file

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Dne 10. 06. 24 v 16:24 Daniel P. Berrangé napsal(a):
On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 04:18:14PM +0200, Miroslav Suchý wrote:
Lately, I noticed that several SPEC files in Fedora use this syntax:

Source:        macros.vlc

And this file defines macros that are loaded by rpmbuild during buildtime and are used in the SPEC file.

This makes parsing of the SPEC file harder, because any parser have to have
this maro file in current directory - just reading SPEC file is not enough.


There is also:

~~~

%{load:%{S:1}}

~~~


Which actually loads the file.



I mentioned vlc, but it is used in many other packages: valkey, zig,
typelib-srpm-macros, ansible-packaging, rakudo, sip and many many other.

Why are packagers doing this? I am not saying this is bad, it just surprised
me. I am used to put all macros at the top of the SPEC file and this is new
to me. What is the benefit?
I don't know if it is the case for vlc, but the common benefit would be
where the same macros are to be used in both this local spec, and the
specs of other dependent RPMs.


That is precisely the reason I have pioneered this approach and using it for Ruby.


Vít



With regards,
Daniel

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