4.19.1.1: source and patrches listed in NoSoure: ans NoPatch: are not removed when is used --rmsource

[kloczek]

Yeah .. looks like that remove files listed in NoSource: NoPatch: is not performed when --rmsource is used.

[pmatilai]

This gets kinda philosophical: --rmsource removes sources, but is a "nosource" a source? The name seems to indicate it's not.

[pmatilai]

We discussed this at some length, and actually the current behavior seems correct.

Nosource items are not managed by rpm in any way: they don't get pulled into src.rpm's, and if you want to rebuild an src.rpm utilizing nosources, you need to manually copy any nosource items in place. It's then only consistent that rpm doesn't remove them either.
Plus, by definition they are non-sources, so it seems consistent with that as well.
This just needs to be documented.

Thanks for the report btw.