On 08/06/2015 08:37 AM, Paul Millar wrote: > Hi Pat, > > On 06/08/15 15:01, Pat Riehecky wrote: >> This looks like the same behavior noted in: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=594672 > > Yes, I think this is the underlying cause. > > This "well known" feature of RPM (that macros are expanded, even when > commented out) wasn't known to me. It is also inconsistently > documented; c.f. > http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-rpm-specref.html > and > http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/ch-rpm-specref.html > > [Unfortunately, it seems nearly impossible to report this > inconsistency to whoever maintains the Max RPM documentation, so the > incorrect documentation will likely linger, *sigh*] > > That all said, given how macros are expanded, I think it's fair to say > that the previous successful builds worked-by-accident, and there is > no regression. > > Sorry for the noise. > > Paul. No worries, I didn't know about this "well known" behavior until it bit me too.... Pat -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux developer Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory www.fnal.gov www.scientificlinux.org