Or just a new option to rpmbuild that skips %check ? 

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> On Jun 5, 2020, at 10:11, Tomas Orsava <tors...@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I think it would be useful to have a standard way of disabling the running of 
> tests during RPM build (in the %check section of a spec file).
> 
> I see a lot of packages already having %bcond's or other macro definitions to 
> archieve this, but each package has their own way, there's no real standard. 
> Thus you have to first look into the spec, locate the appropriate %bcond or 
> macro name and only then you can disable the tests.
> 
> I would like to propose two approaches:
> 
> (a) Add a *SHOULD* rule to the guidelines that specifies what is the 
> preferred way to conditionalize the tests.
> 
> (b) Or, if that's too strong, mention in the guidelines the common methods 
> that are being used (e.g. %bcond tests and %bcond check) so that new 
> packagers have something to use.
> 
> What do you think?
> Tomas
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