How to pass user defined parameters to rpmbuild to fill variables

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is it possible to pass parameters to rpmbuild to fill user defined variables that are called inside the spec file?

Example: The user defined variable %{foobar} which is called in the .spec file (but empty) should be filled with the variable which is passed when executing the rpmbuild command

rpmbuild -bb --foobar="Foo" somespecfile.spec

score 55 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '14 at 06:23

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rpmbuild -bb --define '_foobar Foo' somespecfile.spec

and refer it within the spec as %{_foobar}

(the _ is a convention, not a must)

answered Feb 05 '14 at 06:23

Eran Ben-Natan

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 29 '17 at 02:09

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The closest you can get AFAIK are conditional builds, which allow you to do things like

rpmbuild -ba newpackage.spec --with feature

see http://rpm.org/user_doc/conditional_builds.html .

edited Jul 29 '17 at 02:09

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answered Feb 04 '14 at 17:50

smani

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thank you - this sounds like an option. I will try this. – mat1010 Feb 04 '14 at 18:50

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 02 '21 at 01:37

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could add this into the SPEC file:

%define _topdir %(echo $PWD)/

answered Aug 02 '21 at 01:37

张馆长

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How to pass user defined parameters to rpmbuild to fill variables

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