On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 10:38:05AM -0700, Brad Smith wrote:
> I help maintain a package where upstream changed the process to
> generate installed documentation. In version 1.30 and newer, the spec
> file needs to use process A; in versions older than 1.30 (e.g. 1.29.x,
> etc) the spec file needs to use process B. I am struggling to find a
> workable solution to testing the version like this.
>
> Can someone please point me in the right direction? Or useful example?
I too think it's not a very useful thing to do. But if you must, as
an alternative to futzing around with version numbers you might do the
simpler and probably clearer thing:
%global use_new_docs_method 1
%if 0%{?use_new_docs_method}
do the new thing
%else
do the old thing
%endif
Rich.
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