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--- Comment #8 from Orcan 'oget' Ogetbil <oget.fedora(a)gmail.com> 2009-02-01
13:20:02 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> I've been told in many reviews that %{name} should be used
extensively
Did this advice have basis in fedora's packaging guidelines? If so, where?
I'm not 100% sure that it is in the guidelines (I never found it). But I have
been told this so many times by different reviewers, that I took it as an
unwritten convention, or maybe it is so deeply hidden inside the guidelines
that nobody remembers where it is... or it is just a legend.
If it is an unwritten convention, sure, you don't have to obey it. But it would
be nice if you do.
side note: Another thing that I've been told many times to use in a very
specific unique way and that I couldn't find in the guidelines is
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
All I'm aware of, is that macros should be used consistently, ie,
avoid using
%{name} in some places and hard-code it others.
Well, strictly speaking, since %{name} has to be used in the BuildRoot, any
other usage will cause an inconsistency.
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