On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, James Olin Oden wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to create a macro that uses %* inside double quotes, so I have
> something like the following /etc/rpm/macros:
>
> %macroX(p:) \
> echo "'%{-p:-p=%{-p*}}' '%{*}'" \
> %{nil}
>
> And then in my test spec file I have something like this:
>
> %macroX -p stuff hello there
>
> When I build the rpm it expands to:
>
> echo "'-p=stuff' ' hello there'"
>
> And displays when ran:
>
> '-p=stuff' ' hello there'
>
> Note in the leading space where %* was evaluated? What is up with this,
> and can I get it not to do that?
>
Its a bug. Its been filed as bugzilla #119059. Hopefully, I will have
fix for this little nit soon (everyone needs an excuse to peer at the
macro processor code in rpm right? (-;).
Cheers...james
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