Re: Is it possible to delay expansion of %%define macros?

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Abel Cheung wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As title, can %%define macros be delayed till some point later? I have
> a package that does some %post script based on the list of files
> installed onto system during "make install". So when I try to do:
>
>    %install
>    make install
>    %define file_list %(cd /somewhere && echo *)
>
> It won't work because it is immediately expanded upon reading spec file,
> and "make install" is not executed yet. So is it possible at
> all to control the expansion time of macros?
>  

Delayed expansion is there, add appropriate number of % chars to escape.

What's not there is a definition (and guarantee) of where and when 
expansions will occur.


73 de Jeff