On April 15, 2005 14:46, Daniel Kegel wrote: > I dunno, but for what it's worth, it's slightly more common now > to use the --with flag (documented in > /usr/share/doc/rpm-4.2/conditionalbuilds) Yeah, it's just --define in > disguise, but try it out, maybe > the change of scenery will jog loose your problem. Thanks for your advice, but it doesn't change anything. Along the way I've found a way (*the* way?) to get what I want. What was missing was that I can't do a regular %define in the spec file. I need to check for redefinition before definining the value: %{!?key: %define key value} This state of affairs makes me happy because then I can specifically tag those parameters which are overrideable on the command-line. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list