I am trying to define a macro and it seems I do not understand the macro expansion correctly. The macro I want to use, uses a variable which is defined later and I cannot get it right. The following is a short example of what I would like to do: %global debug_package %{nil} %global newname %(eval echo %{extname} | tr [a-z] [A-Z]) %global extname lower Name: %{extname} Version: 1 Release: 1 Summary: Summary License: yes %description %{newname} # rpmspec -q test.spec --parse Name: lower Version: 1 Release: 1 Summary: Summary License: yes %description %{EXTNAME} I understand the result but I tried many variants with expand to get it working, but I failed. This is on CentOS 7. Is it possible to change the value of a variable in a macro with a variable which is defined later? Adrian _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list