On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 15:53 -0500, seth vidal wrote: > On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 12:47 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > Please allow me to vent my irritation about the state of spec file > > documentation. Thanks very much for your *extremely* quick reply. > > 2. %configure appears to take an argument, at least it has one in > > the spec file I am trying to understand and modify. What does > > the argument do? > > It takes a number of options look in /usr/lib/rpm/macros under %configure > for some details of what you can do. As I read many years ago in a book on math, one perplexity has been replaced with another even more perplexing. > > For a utility as important as rpmbuild, the state of the documentation > > is truly dismal. > > I don't think anyone really disagrees. If you'd like to help, I'm sure > it would be appreciated. A serious commitment, not to be undertaken without serious thought. Is there an rpm wiki? jon _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
