Distutils and problems with rpm v. 4.x

[Fernando Pérez]

Hi all,

the bdist_rpm target fails in newer rpm versions because redhat
removed many of the build options from the rpm command and put them in
a separate command called rpmbuild.  This thread discusses the issue
and gives a workaround:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=mailman.1044218224.30342.python-list%40python.org&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Dde%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3Dmailman.1044218224.30342.python-list%2540python.org

But IMHO distutils should handle this correctly, as the workaround is
fairly ugly.  Like it or not, redhat made the change and we have to
live with it. Does anyone who runs 2.3 know if this has been fixed? 
Or should a bug report be filed on SF to make sure that when 2.3 comes
out this bug is cleaned?

Cheers,

f.