[Fedora-packaging] Re: Macro question for rpm gurus
Toshio Kuratomi
a.badger at gmail.com
Mon May 4 14:05:28 UTC 2009
Gagadget wrote:
> Thank you, here is what I did :
>
> %define VERSION 9.6.0
> %define PATCHVER 1
> %define DISTVER mylocaldist
> %define PKGVER 1
> [...]
> Version: %{VERSION}
Since you are not using the "-" in the version, you can remove the
%define VERSION 9.6.0
and just use:
Version: 9.6.0
Then future references to version will be %{version}
> Release: %{?PATCHVER:P%PATCHVER.}%{DISTVER}.%{PKGVER}
> [...]
> Source0:
> ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/%{VERSION}%{?PATCHVER:-P%PATCHVER}/bind-%{VERSION}%{?PATCHVER:-P%PATCHVER}.tar.gz
> [...]
> %prep
> %setup -q -n %{name}-%{VERSION}%{?PATCHVER:-P%PATCHVER}
>
> I can't define a BINDVER or XVER because I want to have the Patchlevel
> in the Release tag, and it refuse the "-". With the above, my rpm is
> named bind-9.6.0-P1.mylocaldist.1
>
> One question :
>
> If i do
> # %define PATCHVER 1
>
> The PATCHVER is still define, I have to delete it to get it work ??? Is
> it normal ?
>
Yes. macros are expanded even in comments. You can do this instead:
# %%define PATCHVER 1
-Toshio
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