[Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

Thu Dec 1 12:05:59 CET 2011

On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:19:11 +0000
+Pascal Terjan <pterjan at gmail.com> wrote:
+
+> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:58, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> > Hi,
+> >
+> > There are times when the backup files from patches applied with
+> > %apply_patches get in the way. It would be nice to be able to disable
+> > backup file generation. e.g. with %apply_patches -n
+> >
+> > Can someone with the appropriate skills do this? I can't remember who
+> > wrote this macro (I wrote the very crappy initial version of it and
+> > someone else made it awesome!), but I have a feeling it was pterjan or
+> > Annsi (or maybe it was pixel before he left...?). Anyway, it's a super
+> > useful macro, but it would be really nice if it could avoid the backups.
+> 
+> I think it was pixel
+> 
+> > Or another suggestion..... who actually uses these backup files? Perhaps
+> > they can just be dropped completely?
+> 
+> I use them when updating patches
+
+So do I.
+
+Regards,
+
+	Shlomi Fish
+
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