[Rpm-ecosystem] Wish: Modular RPM recipe capability

[Vít Ondruch]

RPM supports %include keyword [1]



Vít



[1]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6136056/can-an-rpm-spec-file-include-other-files




Dne 15.5.2015 v 00:54 Conan Kudo (ニール・ゴンパ) napsal(a):
> Hello,
>
> As a packager of software for an RPM distro, I tend to enjoy a lot of
> the benefits of the RPM style of packaging (such as flexibility on how
> patches and sources are arranged, how sources are extracted and
> arranged, macros for easily building packages of modules like gems,
> java classes, etc.), but there's one thing that I would like to be
> able to do: separate sections out into their own files and declare
> something along the lines of an include statement to import the
> actions specified there into the spec.
>
> I've seen some really long and hairy spec files, and it can get hard
> to manually parse through sometimes. I know that the Debian world does
> this by default (and doesn't allow monolithic scripts, period), but
> the approach they follow makes things confusing, because there's no
> "master recipe" that actually shows the structure of the package
> scripts. Not only that, the minimum amount of effort required for very
> simple packages is somewhat higher with Debian packages because
> there's more to juggle around.
>
> I love being able to have the whole recipe for building a package in
> one file, but sometimes I wish it were possible to break out some
> parts when it gets complicated. I've looked around on the Internet,
> and I've not seen any reference to RPM having the equivalent of a
> C-style include statement that would allow something like that
> relatively easily.
>
> Is it possible to do this? If not, could this be something that could
> be added in a manner that wouldn't break the way current specs are
> made? I think there are plenty of folks that would appreciate the
> flexibility that this would provide.
>
> Perhaps it's just wishful thinking, but I love using RPM and I want it
> to be unequivocally the best packaging system out there! In my view,
> this is the only real weakness I've perceived.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> -- 
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>
>
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