[Fedora-packaging] Re: Macro question for rpm gurus

[Gagadget]

2009/5/4 Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger at gmail.com>

> 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<ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/%%7BVERSION%7D%%7B?PATCHVER:-P%PATCHVER%7D/bind-%%7BVERSION%7D%%7B?PATCHVER:-P%PATCHVER%7D.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
>

Thank you for all those precious information.


>
> -Toshio
>
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