On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 13:30 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > 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? > http://rpm.org/ -sv _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
