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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] Importing RPM Spec File Syntax</H1>
    <B>Florian Hubold</B> 
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    <I>Tue Jan 18 19:59:32 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>Am 17.01.2011 23:50, schrieb Per &#216;yvind Karlsen:
&gt;<i> 2011/1/17 Florian Hubold&lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">doktor5000 at arcor.de</A>&gt;:
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> I have one comment, or more of a question: Why is it that some time ago
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> there used to be this syntax as de-facto standard:
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</I>&gt;&gt;<i> %define name
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> Name: %name
</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> Never understood this, so i went with what seems the new standard,
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> which saves you at least 3 lines per spec and improving readability.
</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> So anyone can enlighten me why name, release and version had %defines?
</I>&gt;<i> Legacy practice which got stuck with some...
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> 'Name: foo' will always define %{name} now (which has been the case for ages),
</I>&gt;<i> so there's no longer use in doing this anymore.
</I>&gt;<i> It mainly adds unnecessary obscurity and confusion, please just drop this.
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> --
</I>&gt;<i> Regards,
</I>&gt;<i> Per &#216;yvind
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>Thanks for the info, just what i thought.

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