[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] RFE: set builsubdir to the *first* extracted archive not the last one (#551)

[Jeff Johnson]

@nim-nim:

Your "nice properties" arguments are not persuasive.

Point by point:

1. Simple and easy to understand

For example, the common case of a single well formed compresset tarball with a patch  in a spec file is even simpler than your design:
 
%prep
%setup
%patch

2. It is simple and easy to explain

The example I just gave is trivial to explain

3. It is patch and preparation friendly

Depends entirely on your POV. Rpm was intended for simple packages that can be independently upgraded. Rather than trying to do a complex "chained" (actually serial unpacking, not chained builds) build, history has shown that decomposing into smaller pieces that are simpler to upgrade is quite efficient, more efficient than "make world" type builds.

4. it is spec maintenance friendly

The most often reported problem with spec maintenance these days is the cost of editing thousands of spec files, not how easy it is to "maintain" spec files. While it is certainly easy to delete lines Han it is to, say, change a macro value by editing, the drudgery of changing hundreds or thousands of files in order to conform to some Newer! Better! Bestest! Syntax or policy.


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