default variables used in rpm spec file

[Nagrik]

Hello Group,

I am working on creating a rpm spec file and trying to learn about
it. In one of my spec file I came across the following line

%define runsh %{jboss_path}/bin/run.sh

This is the top line in the spec file and thus

%{jboss_path}

is no where.

My question is where does spec file get this variable info.

Thanks in anticipation.

nagrik

[Michal Jaegermann]

Nagrik <vna...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am working on creating a rpm spec file and trying to learn about
> it.

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/RPM_Guide/index.html

Chapter 9 in particular.

> In one of my spec file I came across the following line
>
> %define runsh %{jboss_path}/bin/run.sh
>
> This is the top line in the spec file and thus
>
> %{jboss_path}
>
> is no where.

Depends. Type 'man rpmbuild' and see what that says in FILES about
'rpmrc Configuration' and 'Macro Configuration'.

> My question is where does spec file get this variable info.

From where it was defined. You can check that value by typing

rpm --eval %{jboss_path}

and you can see "everything" with 'rpm --showrc'.

If this spec is not coming from your distro then it is possible that
you will find %{jboss_path} indeed not defined but that does not mean
that you cannot define it yourself in your own ~/.rpmmacros.

Michal

[Robert Heller]

Command line and/or various macro files. The locations of the macro
files is shown in rpmbuild man page.

>
> Thanks in anticipation.
>
> nagrik
>

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