[Mageia-dev] [134638] - clean spec

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Bertaux Xavier at 20/08/11 14:42 did gyre and gimble:
> Le 20/08/2011 15:34, D.Morgan a écrit :
>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 3:22 PM,  <root at mageia.org> wrote:
>>> Revision 134638 Author shadow95 Date 2011-08-20 15:22:52 +0200 (Sat, 20 Aug
>>> 2011)
>>>
>>> Log Message
>>>
>>> - clean spec
>>>
>>> Modified Paths
>>>
>>
>> Why do you clean by removing rpm macros ?  what was wrong with them ?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> sorry I'm apprentice packager !
> So on all spec Mageia that I've seen, macro %{_install} and macro
> %{_mkdir_p} are not used, but if it's better, I can remake that.
> Which difference in install and %{_install} and mkdir -p and %{_mkdir_p} ?

I do have to wonder why those macros are used... it seems quite trivial
to use the actual commands directly and that ultimately increases
portability (which maybe isn't a major concern, but all the same)

What are the general thoughts on this?

Col


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