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Description of problem:
RPM 4.15 adds the -m and -M flags to the %autopatch macro to allow specifying minimum and maximum patch numbers to apply [0].  This is broadly useful, but also brings specific benefits to CentOS as we work to incorporate our debranding as conditionals in RHEL spec files.  For example, gnome-settings-daemon includes a subscription manager plugin.  Disabling that requires skipping several patches.  Currently our only option is to apply the patches individually.

%patch00001 -p 1
%patch00002 -p 1
%patch00003 -p 1
%patch00004 -p 1
%patch00005 -p 1
%patch00006 -p 1
%patch10001 -p 1
%if %{with subman}
%patch10002 -p 1
%patch10003 -p 1
%patch10004 -p 1
%endif

Backporting the min/max flags would allow this to be much cleaner, as well as reducing errors when adding and removing patches in the future.

%autopatch -p 1 -M 10001
%if %{with subman}
%autopatch -p 1 -m 10002 -M 10004
%endif

Please consider backporting the upstream commit [1] to the RHEL 8 rpm package.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm-4.14.2-37.el8


Additional info:
[0]: https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.15.0#macros
[1]: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/f00bb5be9caa62220c6aeaf3f7264840d5c089e3

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (rpm bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1606