[Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

[Shlomi Fish]

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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