Re: trying to put "--define 'macro value'" in a variable

[Jos Vos <jos xos nl>]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 05:56:28PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:

> I can't see why putting the "--define 'macro value'" in a shell variable
> and substituting it onto the rpmbuild command line is having the ill
> effects that it is.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas before I start digging into rpmb and popt any
> deeper?

Why don't you put macros in ~/.rpmmacros to avoid ugly shell variable
escape issues?  In my build environments, I usally create a tmpdir
with .rpmmacros and set $HOME accordingly (per build, if necessary).

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