Subject: Re: [PATCH] add git.spec and adapt Makefile for RPM build

From: Chris Wright <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 11:39:02 -0700

* Horst von Brand ([email-masked]) wrote:
> Kay Sievers <[email-masked]> said:
> > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:23:03PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> > > Add support for building the rpm package directly from the git tree.
> > 
> > This version creates the git.spec from a git.spec.in with the version
> > number from the Makefile.
> 
> Please don't. The spec file /controls/ the building of the package, it can't
> be generated as part of the build process.

It certainly can.  It simply means a structured release process.  IOW,
the git.spec would be generated for a release tarball.

thanks,
-chris