Bug 1673333

Summary: RFE: allow to specify rpm macro
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Miroslav Suchý <msuchy>
Component: dnfAssignee: rpm-software-management
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Version: rawhideCC: fedoraproject, jmracek, jrohel, massi.ergosum, mblaha, mhatina, mosvald, ngompa13, packaging-team-maint, pkratoch, rpm-software-management, vmukhame
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Description Miroslav Suchý 2019-02-07 12:25:48 UTC 
Description of problem:
As part of an initiative to run Mock in Fedora Toolbox:
  https://github.com/rpm-software-management/mock/pull/234
we hit the issue that we need to specify rpm macro for DNF. Namely `_netsharedpath`. Right now it is not possible and only way is to mangle HOME and rpmmacros file.

RPM itself allows you to specify one-time definition of macros. Both using API and command line. It would be nice if DNF can accept the macros overrides and pass it to RPM.

I do not need it on the command line. Allowing to define it in dnf.conf is perfect. Just mind that I may want to define more than one macro.