Submitting arguments to rpmbuild

Jonathan Ryshpan jonrysh at pacbell.net
Thu Dec 1 23:03:46 UTC 2005


I'm trying to build an rpm with a little variation.  The rpm in question
is audacity, whose start is shown at the end of this message.

There is a line starting "%{!?_without_mp3:" which is evidently a
conditional, controlled by the macro _without_mp3.  How can I submit
this to rpmbuild?  Or does it have to be edited into the spec file?

Rpmbuild seems to accept options intended for this purpose, since
"rpmbuild --help" returns the following text at the end:

        Options implemented via popt alias/exec:
          --dbpath=DIRECTORY            use database in DIRECTORY
          --with=<option>               enable configure <option> for
        build
          --without=<option>            disable configure <option> for
        build

But I haven't been able to get anything like this to work.

Any help will be appreciated.


Thanks - jon

-------------------- audacity.spec --------------------

        Name:           audacity
        Version:        1.2.3
        Release:        5.lvn.1.4
        Summary:        A multitrack audio editor
        
        Group:          Applications/Multimedia
        License:        GPL
        URL:            http://audacity.sourceforge.net
        Source:
        http://dl.sf.net/sourceforge/audacity/audacity-src-1.2.3.tar.gz
        Source1:        audacity.png
        Patch1:         audacity-1.2.2-aboutdialog.patch
        BuildRoot:
        %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
        BuildRequires:  libogg-devel, libvorbis-devel, zlib-devel, perl
        BuildRequires:  gettext, zip, flac-devel, ladspa-devel
        BuildRequires:  libsamplerate-devel, libsndfile-devel
        BuildRequires:  libid3tag-devel, desktop-file-utils
        %{!?_without_mp3:BuildRequires: libmad-devel}
        %{?_with_gtk1:BuildRequires: wxGTK-devel}
        %{!?_with_gtk1:BuildRequires: wxGTK2-devel}
        Requires(post): desktop-file-utils
        Requires(postun): desktop-file-utils
        
        # Compile options:
        # --without mp3       : disable mp3 support
        # --with gtk1         : use GTK+ version of wxGTK, else GTK2
        version
        # --with portaudiov19 : enable version 19 of portaudio (disables
        portmixer)
        
        
        %description
        Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you to
        record sounds directly or to import Ogg, WAV, AIFF, AU, IRCAM, or MP3
        files. It features a few simple effects, all of the editing features
        you should need, and unlimited undo. The GUI was built with wxWindows
        and the audio I/O currently uses OSS under Linux. Audacity runs on
        Linux/*BSD, MacOS, and Windows.
        
        ...
        




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