RPM spec in tar file (was Re: An introduction of the new cheerleader...)

[Bryan W. Headley]

Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
> 
>> To some extent, this can be solved using various %ifdef constructions 
>> in spec file.
> 
> 
> How?  AFAIK, there is no canonical way for the SPEC file to determine
> what distribution it is building on.
> 

I see a var called "distribution" as well as "packager" and "vendor". 
Are they pervasively used?

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