chris.stone(a)gmail.com said:
I don't see this as sticking a hand in a fire. It is simply the
fact that
removing %build does not affect php-pear packages, there is no reason to add
it. If not adding it causes some problem with the php-pear packages, then
this should be identified. So far no one has identified such problem.
One of the tenets of good software development is good documentation.
IMHO, documenting the fact that a package doesn't need a %build step is a good
thing. I'd much rather see a spec file with:
%build
# Nothing to build here
than to see nothing at all. You know that one of the steps of rpmbuild is to
perform the %build step. You can probably rightfully *guess* that if the
%build isn't found, it will do nothing.
But it's like when you observe nature, looking for some exotic bird: the fact
you do not see it doesn't necessarily mean the bird doesn't exist...
CHF 0.02...
Cheers,
Christian