[Fedora-packaging] Using %{dist} for conditional compilation
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Jul 20 16:50:49 UTC 2005
Rex Dieter wrote:
> 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?
To emulate the buildsystem behavior (in this context), you'd need to:
rpmbuild --define "fedora 4" --define "dist fc4" foo.spec
-- Rex
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