Bug 47778 - incorrect handling of "%define pre 3"
Summary: incorrect handling of "%define pre 3"
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm-build
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-07-07 13:19 UTC by j. alan eldridge
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-07-07 13:22:08 UTC
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Description j. alan eldridge 2001-07-07 13:19:03 UTC
Description of Problem:

In a kernel spec file, to represent the "pre?" version component of one 
of Linus's test kernels, I defined the symbol:

%define pre 3

which I then used like:

%if "%{pre}" == ""
%define ver 2.4.%{sublevel}
%else
%define ver 2.4.%{sublevel}pre%{pre}
%endif

So, an rpm build dies because I have:

%clean
rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%pre
# pre-install actions

which rpm-build dutifully translates to"

3
# pre-install actions

Either don't allow defining that variable, or recognize that %pre is a 
directive and handle it differently.

Comment 1 j. alan eldridge 2001-07-07 13:22:05 UTC
I think this should apply to %post, %dir, and whatever else rpm may need to 
distinguish on a context basis, or else disallow defining.



Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-07-07 13:38:37 UTC
This is a feature, not a bug, as it permits overloading other uses
of % (like the %pre section marker as you describe) with a macro
expansion. This permits, for example, all %build sections in a spec
file to include a per-buildsystem preface if necessary.


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