In reply to:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/982351
> Referring to rpmlint, your package is OK. But shouldn't be
the %check
> section after %install? Maybe it is important to run the tests after
> installation. All Python packages I've reviewed do so.
It is actually documented[1] that %check follows %build, also tests run in the
builddir directory, code installed in buildrootdir is not used.
I guess other packages follow rpmbuild execution order which runs %check after
%install no matter what order is it in spec.
There are also other Fedora py rpms which have %build %check %install order
e.g.
[1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package#.25check_section
That HowTo says:
| [...] the %check section (which immediately follows the %build section)
Why is that?
IMO, %check should be placed after the %install section, because rpmbuild
executes it after %install. And because in some cases one performs tests
on the files in %buildroot rather than uninstalled files in the builddir.
Is there any good reason why to put it after %build?