On September 14, 2007, Michael Jennings wrote:
> On Friday, 14 September 2007, at 10:15:05 (-0600),
>
> Dmitry S. Makovey wrote:
> > for that there is this:
> >
> > %files -f all_but_mysql
> >
> > %files mysql
> > %{_libexecdir}/mod_sql_mysql.so
>
> There is also %exclude.
>
> > where all_but_mysql could be built using:
> >
> > find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT | \
> > grep -v mod_sql_mysql | \
> > sed -e 's#'$RPM_BUILD_ROOT'##g' > all_but_mysql
> >
> > it works without overcomplicating things with "exclude".
>
> How on earth do you imagine all that mess is better than one simple
> %exclude directive. The method you suggest is the overcomplication,
> not the other way around.
in most of RPMs I build I have pretty complicated rules of file
inclusion/exclusion. esp. (Logical AND/OR/XOR) which is easier done with
find/grep/sed then any combination of excludes. Besides it keeps SPEC file
portable for those old systems that run RPM 4.0 (which I have quite a few).
--
Dmitry Makovey
Web Systems Administrator
Athabasca University
(780) 675-6245
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