Re: Guidance needed regarding running `ant` in %prep

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On pondělí 30. října 2023 13:30:56 CET Ben Beasley wrote:
> On 10/30/23 07:09, Fabio Valentini wrote:
> > Usually, steps like calling `%configure` or `%meson` SHOULD (or must?)
> > happen in %build, not in `prep`. However, this is kind of a special
> > case, where you need to prepare the Python package in order to run
> > `%pyproject_buildrequires`, so by definition, it will need to happen
> > in `%prep`. I don't really see a way around that, other than ... not
> > using dynamically generated BuildRequires.
> >
> > Fabio
>
> To add to that, one of the main reasons for running things like 
> %configure or %meson in %build rather than %prep is to minimize the 
> number of dependencies for building the source RPM. It’s inconvenient to 
> have to install a long list of BuildRequires (on the host system rather 
> than just the build chroot) in order to be able to run “fedpkg srpm”.

This is a confusing argument.  You don't need to run %prep
to generate SRPM.

Pavel

> However, I agree that anything that affects the generated BuildRequires 
> certainly must be run in %prep. I personally think that the 
> disadvantages of doing without generated BuildRequires are generally 
> worse than the disadvantages of having significant dependencies in 
> %prep, although I suppose this is open to debate.
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