On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 22:53 -0400, Horst H. von Brand wrote: > Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sunday 01 October 2006 20:12, Jon Nettleton wrote: > > > I see the use of rm commands all the time in spec files. Can anyone > > > explain why this is used instead of the %exclude directive? Not > > > important, just curious because excluding files seems like a much safer > > > and elegant solution. > > > Lack of education? Maybe the developer isn't aware of the %exclude, or > > would rather just remove the files anyway. I use rm to remove static > > libraries rather than exclude them. > > What is sorely needed is a RPM reference... the "Maximum RPM" book is nice > as narrative, but almost useless at the time of designing a new .spec file There's the Red Hat RPM Guide -- I'm not sure if it's actually _better_ in this respect (... I've been doing packages for too long to be a good judgge :-), but it's at least more current. Online at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ or purchasable in printed form as well Jeremy -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
