[Fedora-packaging] %{macro} vs. %macro in spec files

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Alexey I. Froloff <raorn at raorn.name> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 07:33:20AM +0900, Mamoru TASAKA wrote:
> > $ rpm --eval "%{gem_install} -n foobar.gem"
> And rpm --eval "%{gem_install -n foobar.gem}" expands correctly.
> Yes, I am aware how RPM expands macros.
>
> But my question was - CAN I use %macro in specs, or I MUST use
> %{macro} form always, with exception for %configure (and what
> else?) ?
>
>
As long as it's surrounded by whitespace, or separated from other macros by
their own '%' symbls or other separators like "/" , you should be OK.  The
point of guidelines is to provide standards and legibility, not to force
every tool in the world to be written only one way.


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