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We can just use "rm" in +</I>>>>><i> the the +</I>>>>><i> %install section for that (we typically already do that to +</I>>>>><i> remove *.la +</I>>>>><i> files for example). +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> So for me %exclude should only operate on subpackage file +</I>>>>><i> list and +</I>>>>><i> should only be useful to undo any wildcard inclusions: +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> e.g. +</I>>>>><i> %files +</I>>>>><i> %{_libdir}/foo/* +</I>>>>><i> %exclude %{_libdir}/foo/something-in-another-sub-package +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> %files -n sub +</I>>>>><i> %{_libdir}/foo/something-in-another-sub-package +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> That kind of thing. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> That, to me, seems most logical. I'm not sure what the +</I>>>>><i> upstream +</I>>>>><i> behaviour is, but I would agree that we should follow it all +</I>>>>><i> the same +</I>>>>><i> even if the goal would be to push for upstream changes when +</I>>>>><i> needed. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Cheers +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Col +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> So, if we want to follow Colin's suggestion, we drop the patch.  The patch changes upstream behavior, and adds the extra usage of %exclude, which as Colin and I pointed out, you can just rm things in %install (or patch Makefiles) instead. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> WE DON'T USE ANY PATCH FOR THIS AND WE USE UPSTREAM %EXCLUDE BEHAVIOUR +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> i wrote in big letters to be sure everybody reads well. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> :) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yeah, that patch hasn't existed in our code for a long time it seems. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Both rpm in mga1 and in mga2 don't have it applied. The link David sent +</I>><i> originally is an old release it seems. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I> +yes this is only when we first imported rpm in mga from mdv 2010.x rpm.org. + +the goal is to be compatible with rpm.org based linux distribution. If +you want to see %exclude behaviour to change provide the patch +upstream. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="016536.html">[Mageia-dev] unpackaged files lurking in the weeds +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="016581.html">[Mageia-dev] unpackaged files lurking in the weeds +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#16537">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#16537">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#16537">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#16537">[ 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> |