[Fedora-packaging] Using %{dist} for conditional compilation
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Jul 20 16:49:04 UTC 2005
Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Andreas Thienemann wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>> %if "%fedora" >= "4"
>> BuildRequires: gcc-gfortran
>> %else
>> BuildRequires: gcc-g77
>> %endif
>>
>> This should work.
> On my FC4 box I get:
>
> $ rpmbuild -ba *spec
> error: Failed build dependencies:
> gcc-g77 is needed by hdf-4.2r1-2.i386
>
> So looks like %fedora is not defined on user machins, only in the build
> system?
Yes, the Fedora Extras buildsystem defines this macro. You expected
otherwise?
-- Rex
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