RPM-MACROFILE(5)

NAME #

rpm-macrofile - rpm macro file format

SYNOPSIS #

%NAME[([OPTS]) BODY

DESCRIPTION #

Rpm macro files are used to define macros in the global macro context. The two primary uses are assisting packaging work, and configuring rpm behavior. A pre-determined set of macro files is read upon rpm library initialization (see rpm-common(8)) but they can also be loaded via %load macro separately.

The format of a macro file is: the macro NAME prefixed with %, followed by whitespace and then the macro body, each new definition separated with a newline. The syntax is exactly the same as when using %define. See macro syntax documentation for the details (in SEE ALSO).

A trailing \ indicates line continuation, but can be omitted inside macro bodies wrapped in a %{macro:...} block.

Lines starting with # or consisting solely of whitespace are ignored.

Reading a macro file is always fully declarative: no macros are ever expanded when reading a macro file.

EXAMPLES #

Define macro named mytool to /usr/bin/mytool-with-annoying-name

%mytool	/usr/bin/mytool-with-annoying-name

Multiline macro with preceding comment

# Trailing %{nil} is handy for ensuring a newline at the end
%mycmd %{mytool} \\
    --one \\
    --with \\
    --too \\
    --many arguments \\
%{nil}

Multiline parametric Lua macro

%myhelper() %{lua:
    function dostuff(arg)
        return 'do stuff to '..arg
    end
    print(dostuff(arg[1]))
}

SEE ALSO #

rpm-common(8)

https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/macros.html