On 04/16/2012 09:23 PM, Greg Swift wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 13:21, Panu Matilainen<pmatilai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 04/16/2012 06:11 PM, Greg Swift wrote:
Does no one have a comment on this?
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 13:52, Greg Swift<gregswift@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So... At least in RHEL5 you can build an RPM where the Source points
to a directory instead of an archive file (tar, etc), thus removing
the need for the %setup macro. Is this a feature or a "feature" (read
bug) ?
Sounds like a "feature", certainly. Try building a src.rpm from such a
thing, it'll merrily include the empty source directory as a source (or
patch).
That is what I was thinking but wanted to gather input about it before
filing a bug.
Yup. Note that while adding a sanity check for regular file does make
sense, it doesn't prevent anything but accidental abuse. Use of %setup
or Source/Patch is in no way required for any spec, and %prep, %build
and %install can technically do pretty much whatever they please -
things pull content from the internet, copy stuff from system or
otherwise pre-existing directories etc in any case.
- Panu -
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