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Re: [PATCH] add git.spec and adapt Makefile for RPM build

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CWChris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Date
May 2, 2005, 18:39 UTC
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* Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl) wrote:
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> Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> said:
> > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:23:03PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> > > Add support for building the rpm package directly from the git tree.
> > 
> > This version creates the git.spec from a git.spec.in with the version
> > number from the Makefile.
> 
> Please don't. The spec file /controls/ the building of the package, it can't
> be generated as part of the build process.

It certainly can. It simply means a structured release process. IOW, the git.spec would be generated for a release tarball.

thanks, -chris

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  1. Horst von BrandMay 2, 2005
  2. Chris WrightMay 2, 2005

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