Bug#996397: closed by Luca Boccassi (Re: rpm-common: macros.* are no longer in any package provided in Debian)

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Bug#996397: rpm-common: macros.* are no longer in any package provided in Debian

Package: rpm Version: 4.16.1.2+dfsg1-3 Followup-For: Bug #996397 At least those 3 macros files are missing: /usr/lib/rpm/macros.perl /usr/lib/rpm/macros.php /usr/lib/rpm/macros.python -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-up

Bug#996397:

Just to be clear, my actual problem is that things like: rpm --eval '%{python_version}' rpm --eval '%{__python}' Do not do either what they do on recent RPM-based distros: error: attempt to use unversioned python, define %__python to /usr/bin/python2 or /usr/bin/python3 explicitly error: attempt t

Bug#996397: rpm-common: macros.* are no longer in any package provided in Debian

Package: rpm-common Version: 4.16.1.2+dfsg1-3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, When debugging why %{python_version} no longer expanded in an alien package, I discovered that in bullseye and up, the macros.* packages (and their associated macros) seem entirely absent. It seems like upstream RPM