[Mageia-dev] [134638] - clean spec

Sun Aug 21 15:44:32 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and Bertaux Xavier at 20/08/11 14:42 did gyre and gimble:
+> Le 20/08/2011 15:34, D.Morgan a écrit :
+>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 3:22 PM,  <root at mageia.org> wrote:
+>>> Revision 134638 Author shadow95 Date 2011-08-20 15:22:52 +0200 (Sat, 20 Aug
+>>> 2011)
+>>>
+>>> Log Message
+>>>
+>>> - clean spec
+>>>
+>>> Modified Paths
+>>>
+>>
+>> Why do you clean by removing rpm macros ?  what was wrong with them ?
+> 
+> Hi,
+> 
+> sorry I'm apprentice packager !
+> So on all spec Mageia that I've seen, macro %{_install} and macro
+> %{_mkdir_p} are not used, but if it's better, I can remake that.
+> Which difference in install and %{_install} and mkdir -p and %{_mkdir_p} ?
+
+I do have to wonder why those macros are used... it seems quite trivial
+to use the actual commands directly and that ultimately increases
+portability (which maybe isn't a major concern, but all the same)
+
+What are the general thoughts on this?
+
+Col
+
+
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