I'm not entirely sure what the problem is with the --with/--without flags. Within the configure script, these flags enable/disable the setting of certain environment variables and/or the running of certain tests.
Within the RPM spec file, these need to be given, sure, but in many cases there will be one flag matching up with one pre-requisite. In which case, the solution would seem to have a metafile containing the flags, the environment variable they set/unset, the default value and what software is required, as a simple table. You then have two sed scripts - one that inserts the flags + variables into the configure.in, and one that inserts the flags + requirements into the SPEC file. Both would be run when preparing the autoconf stuff. You then have only one place to edit, you don't have to manually code all of the options, redundancy is eliminated and there is no risk whatsoever of the two files getting out of step. Oh, and because you've cleaned out all of the common material from both files, the files should be easier to read and maintain. By the way, once the SPEC file is complete and rpmlint-ed to death, it'd be good to forward the links to the SPEC and SRPM files to the Fedora Extras folks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
