I'm mostly noting this here for posterity.
I'm trying to package software that has files with '%' in the names. I tried a few things, but nothing worked. Googling found only this thread from 2003 which indicated that "%%" "should" work but it does not (thread; ://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpm-list/message/21824)
If my %files section is follows, for testing all possible permutations ;)
%files
/example/%name
/example/%%name
/example/%%%name
/example/%%%%name
/example/%{%}name
/example/\%name
The error with rpmbuild is:
RPM build errors:
File not found: /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/helloworld
File not found: /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/helloworld
File not found: /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/%helloworld
File not found: /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/helloworld
File not found: /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/%{%}name
File not found: /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/\helloworld
Judging from the above, it appears the correct way to escape a single % in a filename is to use '%%%'
-Jordan
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