Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 10/18/2009 05:09 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: >> IMO, * should be used so that if/when we change to bzip2 or xz or >> some other compression method you won't have to update spec files. > Agreed. *.specs which use *.gz will break, should Fedora switch to a > different compression. > ... other distros did so many years, ago. I remember being told that the specfile should be agnostic as to whether manpage compression is used at all, let alone what kind it is. "*" accomplishes that (and ".*" doesn't, so it's still easy to get it wrong). If this isn't spelled out in the guidelines, it probably should be, because sooner or later a specfile that uses ".gz" is going to break. regards, tom lane -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
