Hi Marius, On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:09 +0300, Marius Feraru wrote: [snip] > > error: Macro % has illegal name (%define) > > Not really a RPM issue, but a bash one (and a quite reiterated one on bash > "forums", I may say). Let's rewrite your script: Thanks for the tip. Clearly I used the wrong search terms on Google. > #!/bin/bash > cd ~/redhat/SPECS > > # avoid word splitting on "space" > IFS=$'\n' Found this one in my Bash book. Will read up on it. > # skip quotes, as popt (obviously) won't "dequote" arguments Found docs about popt. More reading to do. > BUILDOPTS_libsupertone='--define _smp_mflags -j1' > > rpmbuild -ba --target=i386 libsupertone.spec ${BUILDOPTS_libsupertone} > > # EOF > > In the future, when you have bash troubles, try the "easy" debug way: > add "-x" to the shellbang (i.e.: #!/bin/bash -x). It usually helps :) > Try it on your script, you'll see how bash expands your variables. Excellent suggestion. All makes sense now and the snippet works. Many thanks for your help! Regards, Patrick _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list