[Mageia-dev] rpm macro help! %apply_patches

[Pascal Terjan]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:58, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are times when the backup files from patches applied with
> %apply_patches get in the way. It would be nice to be able to disable
> backup file generation. e.g. with %apply_patches -n
>
> Can someone with the appropriate skills do this? I can't remember who
> wrote this macro (I wrote the very crappy initial version of it and
> someone else made it awesome!), but I have a feeling it was pterjan or
> Annsi (or maybe it was pixel before he left...?). Anyway, it's a super
> useful macro, but it would be really nice if it could avoid the backups.

I think it was pixel

> Or another suggestion..... who actually uses these backup files? Perhaps
> they can just be dropped completely?

I use them when updating patches