User:Tibbs/TagsandSections

Tags and Sections

• The BuildRoot: tag is unnecessary.
• The Group: tag is unnecessary.
• The %clean section is unnecessary.
• It is not necessary to remove the contents of the buildroot as the first line of %install.
• The Packager: tag should not be used. If you need to include information about the packager in the rpms you built, define the %packager macro in your ~/.rpmmacros file instead.
• The Vendor: tag should not be used.
• The Copyright: tag should not be used. Use the License tag instead, as detailed in Packaging:LicensingGuidelines . Contact the upstream author if there is any doubt about what license the software is distributed under.
• The Summary: tag value should not end in a period.
• The PreReq: tag should not be used.
• The Source: tags document where to find the upstream sources for the package. In most cases this should be a complete URL to the upstream tarball. For special cases, please see the SourceURL Guidelines.