Paul Howarth (paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > Of course it is, but that doesn't help all the legacy/other distros that > don't set the default in this way. If someone wants to rebuild a > buildroot-less SRPM on such a system, they'll need to edit the spec file > or their rpmmacros file, which in the case of end users trying to get a > package working on their system is a whole extra layer of hassle. > > I'm all for setting a default buildroot in rpm but think that there > should be a substantial grace period before the BuildRoot: tags are > removed from packages en masse. So it could be something that's done in development going forward only; I don't see that as a big issue. You could argue that %clean is superfluous spec file noise as well. Bill -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
