We sometime use "#" symbol to append some contents in ./spec file. This issue
describes incorrect operation of "#" symbol in case that we try to ignore a
macro line (e.g. %define . . . ) in ./spec file. For example, the '#' (hash
character) symbol to invalidate a macro statement does not valid as following:
* It's not okay. # symbole is not available even though we try to use "#"
symbol.
```
# %define __debug_install_post %{nil}
# %define debug_package %{nil}
```
* It's okay if I remove specified lines:
```
-%define __debug_install_post %{nil}
-%define debug_package %{nil}
```
* It's okay if I remove "%" symbol behine "#" symbol:
```
-# define __debug_install_post %{nil}
-# define debug_package %{nil}
```
* Reference: http://rpm5.org/docs/api/macros.html
Recenlty, I have found an instruction to solve this issue from the Fedora
documentation webpage as following:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Packagers_Guide/chap-Packagers_Guide-Spec_File_Reference-Comments.html
**Instruction**: Because macros are expanded first, do not insert any multiline
macros in a comment. If you want to comment out a line with a macro, double the
percent signs (%%) as in the following example:
`# %%configure`
Does we always have to use double percent sign? My question is why we cannot
use a single percent sign? Anyone that has a similar experiecne like me?
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