Odd mock build problem

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 00:01:49 +0000, Jose' Matos wrote:

> On Sunday 05 March 2006 23:58, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > No. There is no magic. And it doesn't pull in anything. This code simply
> > avoids an undefined variable which results in an empty and hence invalid
> > "Requires" tag and a src.rpm build error. When the src.rpm can be built,
> > only then mock will proceed and evaluate its build requirements.
> 
>   Is this acceptable?

IMO, yes.

With the caveat that anyone, who implements things like this, should
verify what he's doing, since BuildRequires in the spec become Requires in
the src.rpm. So, don't try to influence BuildRequires at src.rpm build-time.