On 08/18/2011 12:57 PM, Göran Uddeborg wrote:
> Tom Callaway:
>> %namev%version
>>
>> Is the macro %namev? %name? %na?
>
> Michael Schwendt:
>> RPM may accept it, but it cannot always parse it correctly either:
>>
>> echo "a=b"> %nameconfig.cfg
>>
>> won't do the right thing even with %name being defined by default.
>
> Are you joking? Or am I missing something? Of course, it means
> %namev and %nameconfig respectively.
The point is that many specs need something like %{name}v%{version} or
%{name}config but NOT %{namev}%{version} or %{nameconfig}. Without
brackets, they would be parsed as the latter which would not be the
intended result (don't forget many packagers are not programmers by nature).
I would support explicitly making usage of brackets on macros a SHOULD
item for packaging guidelines/reviews.
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