2016-07-19 0:42 GMT+02:00 Orion Poplawski <orion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 07/18/2016 03:27 PM, Domen Vrankar wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to prevent a macro in spec file from expanding and I've >> read that rewriting %{dist} (and probably %{?dist}) to %%{dist} in >> comments would do the trick. >> >> I was surprised that it doesn't seem to work outside comments so my >> question is if there is a different way of preventing certain defined >> macros from expanding? >> (not all of the instances of that macro but only one instance that I'd >> wish to treat as normal text and not as a macro) >> >> Thanks, >> Domen >> _______________________________________________ >> Rpm-list mailing list >> Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list >> > > Works for me: > > %prep > echo %%{dist} > > Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /tmp/rpm/rpm-tmp.dxASqM > + umask 022 > + cd /export/home/orion/redhat/test-0.1 > + echo '%{dist}' > %{dist} > > > -- > Orion Poplawski > Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 > NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 > 3380 Mitchell Lane orion@xxxxxxxx > Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.nwra.com > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list You're right... It seems to work on different locations in spec file except when it is part of %files section. Is there a way to suppress the expansion in file/directory names? Also is there a way to escape other special characters such as * or %%% in file/directory names? I know that it's a bad idea to use such characters in names in the first place but I'm still curious if this is possible. Thanks, Domen _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list