[Bug 1513040] New: Create rpm macro %{_modprobedir} in /usr/lib/rpm/ macros.d/macros.kmod

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1513040

Bug ID: 1513040
           Summary: Create rpm macro %{_modprobedir} in
                    /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.kmod
           Product: Fedora
           Version: rawhide
         Component: kmod
          Severity: low
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Description of problem:

Some packages (alsa-lib, b43-openfwwf, hwdata) use hardcoded path
/lib/modprobe.d for the additional modprobe configuration files. It would be
more appropriate to use the path defined by a rpm macro. Example of rpmlint
errors:

alsa-lib.src:108: E: hardcoded-library-path in /lib/modprobe.d/dist-*

Example contents of macros.kmod file:

# RPM macros for packages with additional kernel module configurations

%_depmodconfdir %{_sysconfdir}/depmod.d
  %_modprobeconfdir %{_sysconfdir}/modprobe.d
  %_modprobedir /lib/modprobe.d

Note:

The kmod package should create also usr/lib/rpm/macros.d directory in case when
the rpm package is not installed! See selinux-policy for example:

$ rpm -qf /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d
  javapackages-tools-4.7.0-17.fc26.noarch
  selinux-policy-3.13.1-260.13.fc26.noarch
  rpm-4.13.0.2-1.fc26.x86_64

[Bug 1513040] Create rpm macro %{_modprobedir} in /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/ macros.kmod

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1513040

--- Comment #1 from Josh Boyer  ---
Why would we do this in the kmod package itself, vs in redhat-rpm-config?  We
already ship some kmod related files in the latter, so it would make more sense
to consolidate that there.  Plus, this seems to be a distro-specific change not
something directly related to kmod, correct?

[Bug 1513040] Create rpm macro %{_modprobedir} in /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/ macros.kmod

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1513040

Jaroslav Kysela  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Jaroslav Kysela  ---
It's just a proposal. Anyway, systemd (and many other core-system packages)
like systemd and selinux-policy contains those macros, too. And I believe
that's the purpose of the /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d directory. The kmod package
uses those paths, so it should define them, too.

I added Florian for comments.