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Author	ncoghlan
Recipients	dmalcolm, docs@python, ncoghlan
Date	2012-10-15.02:24:30
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Message-id	<1350267871.71.0.392371801371.issue16237@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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In resolving 14443 we effectively embedded the vendor macros in the SPEC file generated by bdist_rpm on older versions of RHEL (and derivatives). While I think that's a necessary evil (in order to create Python 3 RPMs that actually work properly at all on those platforms), we should note the distro limitation somewhere in the documentation: even if the RPM would otherwise work properly on Fedora and RHEL (and perhaps even openSUSE), the embedded copy of the vendor post install macros may misfire.

In resolving 14443 we effectively embedded the vendor macros in the SPEC file generated by bdist_rpm on older versions of RHEL (and derivatives).

While I think that's a necessary evil (in order to create Python 3 RPMs that actually work properly at all on those platforms), we should note the distro limitation somewhere in the documentation: even if the RPM would otherwise work properly on Fedora *and* RHEL (and perhaps even openSUSE), the embedded copy of the vendor post install macros may misfire.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-10-15 02:24:31	ncoghlan	set	recipients: + ncoghlan, dmalcolm, docs@python
2012-10-15 02:24:31	ncoghlan	set	messageid: <1350267871.71.0.392371801371.issue16237@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-10-15 02:24:31	ncoghlan	link	issue16237 messages
2012-10-15 02:24:30	ncoghlan	create