[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Regex support while packaging files with %ghost (Discussion #3480)

[Shreenidhi Shedi]

Sorry for the confusion.

> Did you actually try it?

I am aware that regex works while packaging files. But I want to use regex with ghost files.

```
%ghost %{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__
%ghost %{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__/*.pyc
```
Both `__pycache__` and the `*.pyc` are not present while the rpm is built and get created when I import the module after installing the rpm and I want those newly created pyc files and __pycache__ dir to go away when I remove the package by using ghost clause.

> Whether it actually works in combination with %ghost I have no idea.

This. I am trying it out and it doesn't work.

> As for your use-case for wanting to avoid bloating packages with redundant .pyc files: you might want to research the background as to why they are included in packages. There are multiple reasons for it, and none of them is "for fun".

I understand your point, it's just a standard we are following in our distro. Thanks for the inputs.

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