At 11:21 AM -0500 12/18/06, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >Felix Schwarz writes: > >> Hi, >> >>can anyone help me building rpms when the _topdir path name contains >>whitespace? > >The short answer: don't do it. > >Too many things are going to break. > >It's just not worth it trying to get it to work. > >>Any hints how to resolve that issue? If not, does anyone know the bug >>report number in bugzilla (I didn't find one)? > >You must've missed the memo. rpm is not being actively developed, and is in >danger of stagnation. > >https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-December/msg00003.html RPM is being actively developed. Fedora and Redhat are a bit behind in following it's development, and also think the various branches should be merged and that the code base needs engineering effort to clean up, so they are refilling the RPM engineering slot. It appears that they have not coordinated well with the current (their former) RPM developer, Jeff Johnson, and he has stated that what they're doing won't affect what he's doing. Jeff can be found at the rpm-list <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list> and rpm-devel-list. The rpm-list would be a good place to ask the question about whitespace in pathnames. (Patches are accepted. ;) -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
