spec file documentation

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 13:30 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 15:53 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 12:47 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > > Please allow me to vent my irritation about the state of spec file
> > > documentation. 
> 
> Thanks very much for your *extremely* quick reply. 
> 
> > >      2. %configure appears to take an argument, at least it has one in
> > >         the spec file I am trying to understand and modify.  What does
> > >         the argument do?
> > 
> > It takes a number of options look in /usr/lib/rpm/macros under %configure 
> > for some details of what you can do.
> 
> As I read many years ago in a book on math, one perplexity has been
> replaced with another even more perplexing.
> 
> > > For a utility as important as rpmbuild, the state of the documentation
> > > is truly dismal.
> > 
> > I don't think anyone really disagrees. If you'd like to help, I'm sure
> > it would be appreciated.
> 
> A serious commitment, not to be undertaken without serious thought.  Is
> there an rpm wiki?
> 

http://rpm.org/


-sv