i'm still puzzled by the lack of any effect that the --macros option has on the rpm command (which also might extend to rpmbuild, i haven't tested that yet). if i wanted to define a single macro, i know i can use --define, as in $ rpm --define "_topdir /tmp" ... or something like that, and i can *verify* that that macro is being processed by running $ rpm --define "_topdir /tmp" --showrc | less where i can see in the output that _topdir now has the value /tmp. so far, so good. but if i want to redefine the macrofile list, and i try $ rpm --macros "/etc/passwd" --showrc | less (yes, i know /etc/passwd is bogus as a macro file, that shouldn't be relevant), the output from the above command shows: macrofiles : /usr/lib/rpm/macros:/usr/lib/rpm/i386-linux/macros:/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/m acros:/etc/rpm/macros.specspo:/etc/rpm/macros.cdb:/etc/rpm/macros.prelink:/etc/rpm/macros.solve: /etc/rpm/macros.up2date:/etc/rpm/macros:/etc/rpm/i386-linux/macros:~/.rpmmacros IOW, that option had no effect. and, more to the point, what if i wanted to not overwrite the entire list of macro files, but just, say, append or prepend a macro file or two. as i read in eric f-j's "red hat rpm guide", this option is documented as: --macros file:file:file Read the given colon-separated files as the macro files to define RPM macros; only the first file must exist so there's nothing here to suggest the ability to make a small change to the current list. it's either all or nothing, is that right? comments on any of the above? rday _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
