Re: Getting a dynamic Release number for a spec file.

[Matthew Miller <mattdm mattdm org>]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 09:14:07AM -0500, Jeff Parker wrote:
> The required fields in a SPEC file like Version and Release  may change 
> often enough that I don't want to edit the SPEC file every time I make 
> an RPM.  Is there anyway the SPEC file can get these numbers from an 
> environmental variable or command line option?

Yes -- use a macro and -D.

But often what people do is make a ".spec.in" file and then use something in
a makefile or other build system to generate the real .spec file with the
fields filled in.

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