Problems specifying when config_opts['macros'] in a mock configuration file

[Matt Patterson]

On 20/7/07 14:09, "Paul Howarth" <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:

> Matt Patterson wrote:
>> The mock source makes it look like setting config_opts['macros'] simply
>> prepends the string to a ~/.rpmmacros file, which I would've thought
>> wouldn't cause other things to be, what, undefined or redefined...
> 
> That's right, but config_opts['macros'] has a default value that's built
> into mock, and that default value includes the definitions of those two
> macros, so if you override the default then you need to define those
> values or they won't be set anywhere.

That'll teach me to actually read the source properly...

> Maybe something like this would be better:
> 
> config_opts['macros'] = config_opts['macros'] + """
> %%_dist bc_gems
> """

Yes indeed, that makes good sense.

Thanks,

Matt

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Matt Patterson
Senior Software Engineer, BBC Audio & Music Interactive


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