<p>Currently:</p>
<pre><code>$ cat newpackage.spec 
%define __os_install_post %(echo '%{__os_install_post}' \
       | sed -e 's!/usr/lib[^[:space:]]*/brp-python-bytecompile[[:space:]].*$!!g')

Name:           foo
Version:        1
Release:        1%{?dist}
Summary:        bar

License:        GPLv2
URL:            http://localhost
Source:         newpackage.spec

%description
Foo bar

%install
</code></pre>
<pre><code>$ rpmbuild -bb -v -D "_srcdir $(pwd)" newpackage.spec 
error: Too many levels of recursion in macro expansion. It is likely caused by recursive macro declaration.
Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.cIXCaT
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ '[' /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/foo-1-1.fc22.x86_64 '!=' / ']'
+ rm -rf /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/foo-1-1.fc22.x86_64
++ dirname /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/foo-1-1.fc22.x86_64
+ mkdir -p /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT
+ mkdir /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/foo-1-1.fc22.x86_64
+ /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/foo-1-1.fc22.x86_64
Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.E2B2uY
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ /usr/bin/rm -rf /home/mock/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/foo-1-1.fc22.x86_64
+ exit 0
</code></pre>
<pre><code>$ echo $?
0
</code></pre>
<p>So the process doesn't fail and continues despite an internal error with<br>
undesired consequences.  It would be expected that the build fails<br>
instead, not masking any subtle issues.</p>

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