[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release dovecot-1.2.17-3.mga2

Mon Feb 27 21:57:49 CET 2012

Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
+> Op maandag 27 februari 2012 09:20:17 schreef Guillaume Rousse:
+>    
+>> Le 27/02/2012 08:00, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
+>>      
+>>> Is it necessary to have these --with[out]* compile flags in the package
+>>> description?
+>>>        
+>> maybe not necessary, but definitively useful.
+>>
+>>      
+>>> maybe it'd be better to just list whatever support it has been built
+>>> with.
+>>>        
+>> It has been a standard practice for all our packages allowing
+>> conditional build options for quite a long time. Of course, this could
+>> be mentioned elsewhere as package description.
+>>      
+> i have no problem it being in the spec file, but surely a better place rather
+> than the description... it's not like users really need to know which compile
+> flags there is or what you can do with rpmbuild...
+>
+> i'm just saying this info should be moved out to comments in spec file, and
+> change the description to state what exactly is compiled in...
+>    
+It can be very useful for users to know what functions are activated in 
+a package - which the compile flags often indicate.  In the man page (or 
+other documentation) there is often reference to functions available "if 
+activated".
+So I would favour keeping compile flags in the description, if it is 
+possible that they make a difference in the functions available.
+However if the compile flags are required to make the package build 
+properly, then it does make sense to make them a comment in the spec file.
+
+My 2 cents :)
+
+-- 
+André
+
+