[PATCH 6/6] kexec-tools: Use default rpmbuild definations

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Thu Mar 25 18:55:05 EDT 2010


On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 09:34:52PM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> Am 24.03.2010 12:30, schrieb Simon Horman:
> > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:43:49AM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> >> Am 19.03.2010 21:37, schrieb Eric W. Biederman:
> >>> Ameya Palande <2ameya at gmail.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> Since current mechanism for building rpm into custom directory is not working,
> >>>> remove it and switch to system defaults for rpmbuild.
> >>>
> >>> Does RPM really bit rot that quickly?
> >>>
> >>> I know at the time I added the code it was the only way I could
> >>> get rpm to build an rpm without being root.  Something that seems
> >>> desirable.
> >>
> >> It works here on openSUSE 11.1 when I change
> >>
> >> -RPMDIR=rpm
> >> +RPMDIR=$(shell pwd)/rpm
> >>
> >> Of course only after applying the other patches...
> > 
> > That seems reasonable to me, care to make it a proper patch?
> 
> Since 529ad47e356a8e68be9cde771af8e909a784c3fc has been applied which
> removes that code, this is no longer possible. ;)

;)
> 
> However, I'm fine with that change. The user can always create a custom
> ~/.rpmmacros like
> 
>   %_topdir /home/bwalle/src/packages
> 
> to build the RPM in a local tree.

Ok, that seems reasonable to me too.




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