Source from directory rather than archive

[Panu Matilainen]

On 04/16/2012 09:23 PM, Greg Swift wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 13:21, Panu Matilainen<pmatilai at laiskiainen.org>  wrote:
>> On 04/16/2012 06:11 PM, Greg Swift wrote:
>>>
>>> Does no one have a comment on this?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 13:52, Greg Swift<gregswift at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So... At least in RHEL5 you can build an RPM where the Source points
>>>> to a directory instead of an archive file (tar, etc), thus removing
>>>> the need for the %setup macro.  Is this a feature or a "feature" (read
>>>> bug) ?
>>
>>
>> Sounds like a "feature", certainly. Try building a src.rpm from such a
>> thing, it'll merrily include the empty source directory as a source (or
>> patch).
>>
>
> That is what I was thinking but wanted to gather input about it before
> filing a bug.

Yup. Note that while adding a sanity check for regular file does make 
sense, it doesn't prevent anything but accidental abuse. Use of %setup 
or Source/Patch is in no way required for any spec, and %prep, %build 
and %install can technically do pretty much whatever they please - 
things pull content from the internet, copy stuff from system or 
otherwise pre-existing directories etc in any case.

	- Panu -