[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] RFE: %{_system_bindir} and such macro (#721)

Thu Sep 24 11:15:42 UTC 2020

An alternative approach: let's accept the fact that %_bindir=/usr/bin is here to stay. Using a macro for "system binaries directory" is a legacy of old times and we can just as well use the fixed path of "/usr/bin" for that everywhere. (Using a macro for "where should I install my binaries", which can be /usr/bin or something else in case of flatpaks, is a different story and is OK.)

>  Specifying /usr/bin/foo in BRs is ugly as well (because what if base system is actually installed in different location).

I disagree. It's legible and perfectly fine. The system is not going to be installed in a different location.

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