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Unfortunately this +</I>>>><i> probably requires an other patch to rpm. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Maybe a patch to read /usr/lib/rpm/mageia/macros.* could be accepted +</I>>>><i> upstream ? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Ask for /usr/lib/rpm/mageia/*.macros instead ! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> *.macros would be better than macros.*, but macros.* is more consistent +</I>><i> with what is already done in /etc/rpm. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In /usr/lib/rpm/* we don't have the problem with *.rpmnew files because +</I>><i> we don't have to flag them as configuration, as people are not supposed +</I>><i> to edit them. +</I> +Yup, I'd be much more interested in this approach. I can't see upstream +being against such a change. The only issue might be that a file call +macros.foo in /etc tree might have to totally supersede a file called +macros.coo in /usr tree (i.e. the one in /usr would not even be read) If +this was the desired behaviour (and I think it generally should be) then +the patch would obviously be a bit more complex, but again I don't think +this is something upstream would be against in principle and I'm sure a +few of the Redhat guys would agree. + +Col + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="017820.html">[Mageia-dev] [RFC] remove support for /etc/rpm/macros.d/*.macros +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="017823.html">[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release db53-5.3.21-1.mga3 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#17835">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#17835">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#17835">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#17835">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |