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[Horst H. von Brand]

Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 01 October 2006 20:12, Jon Nettleton wrote:
> > I see the use of rm commands all the time in spec files. Â Can anyone
> > explain why this is used instead of the %exclude directive? Â Not
> > important, just curious because excluding files seems like a much safer
> > and elegant solution.

> Lack of education?  Maybe the developer isn't aware of the %exclude, or
> would rather just remove the files anyway.  I use rm to remove static
> libraries rather than exclude them.

What is sorely needed is a RPM reference... the "Maximum RPM" book is nice
as narrative, but almost useless at the time of designing a new .spec file
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