On 05/20/2009 02:39 PM, Jussi Lehtola wrote:
First: should we have a policy of using macros for standard
commands?
RPM includes standard macros such as %{__mv}, %{__rm}, %{__mkdir},
%{__cp}, %{__python}, %{__perl} and so on, which are used by some
people.
I find that the use of these macros unnecessarily obscures the spec file
and thus would like to have the ban on these as part of the Packaging
Guidelines.
They're not incorrect, so while I personally agree that these are
generally unnecessary, I'm not sure it merits a ban.
~spot