rpm macro magic help

[Sandro Mani]

On 02.11.2013 18:18, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sandro Mani wrote:
>> %define do_build() \
>> mkdir build_win%{1}_%{2}; \
>> (cd build_win%{1}_%{2}; \
>> %{mingw%{1}_qmake_%{2}} 'PREFIX=%{mingw%{1}_prefix}'
>> 'TARGET=quazip-%{2}' ../libquazip; \
>> %{mingw%{1}_make} %{?_smp_mflags}; \
>> )\
>> %{nil}
> Ewww!
>
> Sorry to rain on your parade, but are you sure this (and with the fix for
> the nested expansion, it becomes even more ugly) is compatible with the
> "spec files must be legible" packaging guideline?
>
That is a valid point. I don't know what is better, to have 400 lines of 
nearly identical copy-paste code (which need to be updated consistently 
when something changes) or this. I personally find the compact version 
far easier to maintain. But I have not put the package up for review 
yet(*), so if I end up doing so, the issue can be revisited.

(*) The reason being that the static version of the library gives me 
"bad reloc address 0x18 in section 
`.text$_ZN7QStringC1EPKc[__ZN7QStringC1EPKc]'" when trying to link 
against it, whereas the native linux version works just fine, and I have 
no idea what is going on.

Sandro