On 4/6/20 12:53 PM, Nicolas Mailhot via devel wrote:
Le lundi 06 avril 2020 à 09:03 +0200, Petr Pisar a écrit :

# Build an HTML manual with ascidoc
%bcond_without docs
# Perform the tests
%bcond_without tests

I feel the above syntax is hopeless. You need boilerplate (in all eln
specs!) to explain that foo_without tests means enabling tests.

Good syntax does not need line-by-line comments.

Agreed, but miscommenting only spreads the confusion further.
Once you accept what it actually does instead of thinking what you'd wish it was, it starts making more sense:

# Add an option to build without running tests
%bcond_without tests

...because *that* is what it does. Also because of this, %bcond_with/without is very ill-suited to the kind of distro-wide default settings being discussed.

        - Panu -


Regards,

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