Can I use nested macros in a .spec file ?

[Sandro Mani]

On 04.03.2014 20:22, Sébastien Boisvert wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> My package (Ray) relies on mpich2. The new name for mpich2 is mpich, but the name is still
> mpich2 in el6.
>
> So I defined a variable named mpichName.
>
> I was wondering why nested macros like this
> one are not working:
>
> %{_%{mpichName}_load}
>   
>   
> However, this works, but it is longer:
>   
> %if %mpichName == "mpich"
>      %{_mpich_load}
> %else
>      %{_mpich2_load}
> %endif
>
>
> Is there a syntax to use "%{_%{mpichName}_load}" (or is there a better way to do it) ? 		 	   		
Yes, this should work:

%{expand:%%{_%{mpichName}_load}}


Sandro