From: Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@gmail.com>
To: packaging@lists.fedoraproject.org
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Fedora-packaging] error: Package already exists: %package debuginfo
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:47:33 -0700 (PDT), KA (Kamal) wrote:
> ok removed the macro from .rpmmacros
>
> i think the error was because i had comment
>
> #This ...
> in the %install section
>
> since i did NOT have any
>
> %package debuginfo
>
> hence i deduce that
A comment within the %install section does not cause an error like that,
but be careful with RPM macros in comments. They are expanded, too, and
can lead to unexpected results/errors.
A full .spec file is easier to review than just an error message without
any context. ;-)
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