usage of defattr

[Panu Matilainen]

On 01/10/2015 01:37 AM, Domen Vrankar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I came across this
> (http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=117505.0) forum post
> and started wondering if defattr deprecated
> (http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Packagers_Guide/sect-Packagers_Guide-Creating_a_Basic_Spec_File.html)
> or at least advisable not to use it
> (https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packagers_RPM_tutorial)?
>
> Is using attr in front of each file the preferred way of writing spec files?
> Are there any reasons why you should not change defattr from
> %defattr(-,root,root,-) to for eg %defattr(700,foo,bar,700) when you
> want only a certain user/group to use content of a certain rpm?

%defattr() being deprecated is just bollocks, it is not.

At least the Fedora packagers guide is just Very Wrong.

For the defattr() case, what its *trying* to say is that
%defattr(-, root, root) is not necessary in non-ancient rpm versions, 
because rpm defaults to that. It doesn't mean its *deprecated* however, 
nor is it ignored.

Similarly the notes on %clean and Group are wrong, they're not 
deprecated or ignored, they're only not *required* anymore.

	- Panu -