'Twas brillig, and vatbier at 02/07/09 23:21 did gyre and gimble:
> And what are all the *.macros files for in /etc/rpm/macros.d and how do
> you choose to compile for one of those *.macros files?
I'm not an expert in the other fields, but whenever you see a folder
ending in .d, it generally means *all* the files in that folder are
parsed as part of the overall config. e.g. compare it to /etc/php.d and
/etc/modprobe.d and /etc/httpd/conf/vhost.d.
This is basically a configuration extension to make packaging easier. If
each of the apps in question only parsed one config file, any package
that extends that app (e.g. a php module) would have to edit the main
config file. This is unworkable in a modular system.
So just htink of .d folders as extensions to the a single config file.
Col
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