[Fedora-packaging] %{macro} vs. %macro in spec files

Michael Schwendt mschwendt at gmail.com
Wed Apr 24 19:16:17 UTC 2013


On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:53:06 +0400, Alexey I. Froloff wrote:

> OTOH, %configure is also a
> macro, but it is widely used without curly brackets.

Bad comparison, because %configure is always separated with spaces
from the rest. The brackets don't add any value there. Even if you
"%define config blubb", or something to that effect, that won't cause
%configure to be expanded incorrectly.

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