Re: can support for "rpm"-based package building just be dropped?

[Olivier Galibert]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 05:17:18PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> rpm -b does not work in opensuse anymore (redirects you to use rpmbuild), and I
> bet fedora will do the same, so if you don't have rpm-build, tough luck for
> make rpm.

The point, if I understand it correctly, was that when rpmbuild is not
install and rpm is not building-capable not to fall back to rpm and
instead yell loudly that rpmbuild is missing.

To which some said that right now "do not fall back, ever, just
require rpmbuild" may just be the best.

I have no opinion though.

  OG.

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