Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (205 mails)

[Juergen Weigert <jw@xxxxxxx>]

On Sep 19, 11 10:36:41 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > >    [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Specfile_guidelines
> > >
> > > manual:
> > > - removal of %clean section, no longer required


> Not really; I figured that many of the changes are context-sensitive and 
> would require extensive scripting. Take for example this one:
>
> %clean
> rm -rf foo
> %if 0%{?sles_version}
>
> %files
> ...
> %else
> %files
> ...
> %endif

Ouch, this is a horrible mess!

> Since %if is resolved before %clean, one would need a static 
> analyzer-like tool (work, work, work) and walk all possible paths to 
> determine just how far the %clean section goes.

No. This needs a Specfile_guideline, saying that %if-%else-%endif
must not reach across sections.

Then, the cleanup-script will happily break those specfiles, 
that violate the guidelines.

        cheers,
                JW-

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