On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 19:34 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> In our buildsystem we use a 'buildsys-macros' package that defines some things
> during the package builds, like the definition of %{dist}, and of %{fedora}
> or %{rhel}. Now we're talking about adding even more macros to add
> convenience for packagers that are packaging the same thing for multiple
> Fedora releases and RHEL releases (Hurray EPEL!).
>
> However, with more of these macros in use, the usage case of rebuilding the
> srpms on your local system starts to get harder, as these macros will be
> undefined and you'll have interesting results. Perhaps surprising results.
> I propose we ship these macros in something like redhat-rpm-config for each
> release, so that when somebody is rebuilding a package on their system, the
> macros are defined correctly for whatever release they are running. If they
> are rebuilding for another release/distribution, they really should be using
> mock, and having redhat-rpm-config define the right things within their mock
> chroot.
>
> In the past I remember there being resistance to shipping these on the
> installed system, however my Test3 addled brain is not able to recall what
> those are. Are there any differing opinions on this matter, anybody that
> disagrees with me? I'd love to hear it and thought out reasons against
> taking the step.
FWIW, I think this is a good idea.
~spot
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