[Fedora-packaging] PHP packaging policy notes

[Christopher Stone]

On 7/6/06, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 01:07 -0700, Christopher Stone wrote:
> > Questions:
> > Is using Requires(post):   %{__pear} okay, or do i have to explicitly
> > say /usr/bin/pear?
> IMO:
>
> If %{__pear} is _guaranteed_ to be provided and if it expands to a
> binary containing an absolute path, yes, this would be fine.
>
> One of these conditions can not be assured, then no, %{__pear} would not
> be OK.

So are you saying the %{__pear} macro must be provided by rpm in order
for me to safely use this macro in the Requires line?  If the macro is
provided by php-pear by adding an /etc/rpm/macros.pear file, will this
be okay when building with mock?